A court in Jamalpur on Wednesday sentenced a man to life term in jail in a case over the violation of a minor girl in Melandaha upazila of Jamalpur district around eight years back.
Jamalpur’s Women and Children Repression and Prevention Tribunal-2 Senior Judge Md Shahidul Islam also fined the convict Tk 100,000, in default of which he will have to suffer one more year’ jail, said the court’s Public Prosecutor Md Rezaul Amin.
The convict is Shahid Mia, 43, son of late Dastar Mandal of Dilalerpara village in the upazila.
According to the case statement, the accused violated the seven-year-old girl in the village on April 27, 2016.
Later, the victim’s father filed a case with the concerned police station.
After completing legal procedures, the court handed down the judgment in the presence of the accused.
Rejecting the verdict, the accused’s daughter Shahana said they would move to the High Court to get justice.