ROHTAK: The Juvenile Justice Board in Haryana’s Rewari district has convicted a 23-year-old youth of rape and abduction and sentenced him to six-month ‘gau sewa’ at a local cow shelter.

The verdict came six years after the board began proceedings against the youth, who 17-year-old when he had abducted and raped a girl from his village in Rewari.

Sunita Gupta, a member of the board, said the youth was convicted under the provisions of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000, while announcing the verdict on Tuesday.

The board ordered the convict to look after cows at a police bovine shelter in Rewari. It directed the police to ensure that the convict abides by its orders.

Rewari SSP Bharti Arora said the youth had started the community service at the shelter and will report to its in charge daily. “The shelter is near the SP camp office and has around 200 stray cows.’’

Similar Sentences

* March 2012: Jind Juvenile Justice Board orders four minors convicted of murder to serve water in the government schools for three years.

* November 2010: Bhiwani Juvenile Justice Board directs a minor convicted of throwing acid at a girl, who had spurned his advances in 2006, to serve as peon for one year in Bhiwani civil hospital .

* April 2010: A minor boy held guilty for attempting to rape a four-year-old girl was ordered to serve water at local bus stand for one year in Jhajjar district.

