India, March 1 -- A special fast-track court in Nuh has sentenced a 27-year-old man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for kidnapping and raping a then 14-year-old girl in Ferozpur Jhirka in October 2022, police said on Saturday. The conviction came despite the victim and two eyewitnesses turning hostile during trial.

The court of additional session judge Ashu Sanjeev Tinjan also imposed an overall fine of Rs.70,000 after convicting Mohammad Saad alias Ekka, 27, under sections 366, 450 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code and section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.

Vijay Sehrawat, Nuh public prosecutor, said the victim, who was also the complainant, and two eyewitnesses, her family members who rescued her, "had t...