A Chittagong court yesterday sentenced a person to life and fined him Tk50,000 on charges of raping an eight-year-old girl in Chandanaish upazila of the district in 2011.
Judge Md Rezaul Karim of Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal 1 passed the order when accused Shamsul Alam, 44, was produced before the court, said Prosecutor Chandan Talukder of the tribunal.
He said the court gave the sentence under section 9 (1) of Women and Children Repression Prevention Act.
The tribunal also ordered the district revenue collector to receive the fines from the convict and give it to the victim.
According to the case statement, Shamsul raped the girl near a pond at Bhandaripara of Chandanaish on October 2, 2011 and fled while the locals rescued the victim and took her to Chittagong Medical College Hospital.
On October 4, 2011, the mother of the victim lodged a case with Chandanaish police station, accusing Shamsul, while the accused gave his confessional statement under section 164 of Criminal Procedure Code after being arrested.
The victim gave her statement under section 22 of Women and Children Repression Prevention Act.
Police submitted the charge sheet of the case before the court on January 8, 2012 against the accused while the court framed charges on February 29, 2012.
The court sentenced the verdict after listening to the testimonies of eight prosecution witnesses.