The girl was 30 weeks pregnant in July when the court turned down her abortion plea as she was too far advanced. PHOTO: AFP.
MUMBAI: An Indian court on Thursday (Nov 2) sentenced to life in prison two Indian men who were convicted of raping their 10-year-old niece in a case that caused a global furore when the girl was denied an abortion and had to give birth earlier this year.
A fast-track court in the northwestern city of Chandigarh also imposed a fine of 350,000 rupees (RM22,920) each on the two men, who are brothers.
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