One gets life term in dowry death case

Hisar: A district court on Saturday awarded life imprisonment to a man in a dowry death case. Additional District and Sessions Judge Pankaj awarded the life term to Suresh, husband of Jyoti of Ghiray village in the district, but acquitted his parents. The police had registered the dowry death case on May 25, 2017. The complainant had alleged that Suresh used to harass Jyoti and demand a car as dowry after the marriage. However, a social panchayat brought about reconciliation between them and Suresh assured them that he would not harass Jyoti. TNS

Man booked on rape charge

Hisar: The police registered a case of rape against a man on a complaint by a 30-year-old married woman in the district on Sunday. The police said that the complainant alleged that the accused kidnapped and raped her for nine days at various locations in Rajasthan. The police said a case under Sections 366 (abduction), 376 (rape) and 506 (criminal intimidation) has been registered against Sonu, who is yet to be arrested. TNS

Two rice millers, 8 guarantors booked

Kaithal: The police have registered cases of cheating against two rice millers and eight guarantors. Hafed provided paddy worth crores to two rice mills for custom milling in 2017-18 and 2018-19. The rice millers neither provided rice nor returned paddy worth Rs 11 crore to Hafed. A total of 3,973 metric tonnes (MT) of paddy was given to  Gurbachan Singh, proprietor of Haryana Agro Foods. The firm  delivered   2,662   MT of rice to Hafed with rice worth Rs 6.71 crore outstanding. In the other case, Hafed provided 63,311 quintals of paddy to Ram Ji Rice Land. After supplying some quantity of rice, the firm failed to return rice worth Rs 5.59 crore. OC