Call it delayed justice or divine retribution, but nearly a decade after a spoilt brat threw acid on the face of a young college girl, a Kanpur court awarded a ten-year term for the accused.
Holding Abhinav, the son of then deputy sales tax commissioner Rajesh Pratap Misra, 'guilty', Kanpur Fast Track Court Judge Pramod Kumar pronounced the verdict in the open court in Kanpur on Wednesday.
While ruling a 10-year imprisonment for Abhinav, the court also slapped a fine of Rs 5 lakhs on him.
Abhinav's accomplice Vipin Misra and his car driver Rajesh were awarded 8 years imprisonment with a fine of Rs. 2 lakhs each.
Fifty per cent of the fine would have to be paid to victim Arti Srivastava, the court ruled.
Angered over his repulsed advances towards her, Abhinav doused Arti's face with acid, while she was returning from a coaching institute in Nawabganj locality on June 27, 2000.
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