A Natore court on Wednesday sentenced a man to life term in jail for raping a young girl in Bagatipara upazila of Natore in 2010.
The convict is identified as Dulal Chandra, a resident of Chimnapur village under Bagatipara upazila.
Natore Women and Children Repression Prevention Court Judge Muhammad Abdur Rahim also fined the convict Tk 60,000, said Anisur Rahman, Public Prosecutor (PP) of the tribunal.
In another section of the case, the convict has been sentenced to 14 years in jail.
Nizam Uddin, another accused in the case, has been acquitted as the charge brought against him could not be proved beyond doubt.
PP Anisur Rahman said that on July 23, 2010, when a young woman of Chimanpur village of Bagatipara Upazila went out to look for her missing younger brother, the accused Dulal took her to the nearby sugarcane field and violated her.
Later, a case was filed following a complaint lodged by the victim.