A 36-year-old man has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr district on charges of raping his widowed mother.
The court also imposed a penalty of Rs 51,000 on the accused, identified as Aabid.
According to public prosecutor Vijay Sharma, the incident occurred on January 16 last year, when the 60-year-old woman and the accused had gone to a farm near their home to fetch fodder from the animals.
When her mother was busy getting the fodder, Aabid attacked her, stuffed a cloth in her mouth and then raped her, Sharma said.
After the incident, Aabid told his mother that he wanted her to live like his wife, the public prosecutor said. He also threatened to kill her if she narrated the incident to anyone.
Despite her son's threat, the woman narrated the incident to her neighbours, who then informed the victim's younger son about the incident.
On January 22, 2023, a First Information Report (FIR) was registered and Aabid was arrested by the Bulandshahr police.
After a hearing of more than a year, the court convicted Aabid in the case and awarded life imprisonment to him.
A fine of Rs 51,000 was also imposed on him, the court ruled.
