A court on Wednesday sentenced a man to life imprisonment in the February 2022 acid attack case and also imposed a fine of Rs 40 lakh on him, describing the offence as “brutal and inhuman”.
“The court awarded life imprisonment to the convict while terming the case a brutal and inhuman act. The accused Sajid Rather has been convicted under 326 A (voluntarily causing grievous hurt by use of acid) and section 34 (common intent) of IPC.
The girl was attacked in Hawal area of downtown Srinagar on February 1 by two people, including a juvenile, who wanted to “teach her a lesson and take revenge” on her for spurning Rather’s marriage proposal.