Sonu Punjaban gets 24 years in jail for trafficking

New Delhi: In connection with a prostitution and human trafficking case, a Delhi court om Thursday has sentenced Geeta Arora alias Sonu Punjaban to 24 years in prison. Court observed that she has no right to live in a civilized society and deserves the severest punishment.

A Delhi Court today sentenced 24 years jail terms to Geeta Arora alias Sonu Punjaban in a human trafficking case saying that she has crossed all limits to be called as a woman and deserves the severest punishment. She was also fined Rs 64,000.

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Court also imposed a fine of Rs 64,000 on her. The court also sentenced another accused Sandeep Bedwal to 20 years imprisonment in the case and asked him to pay a fine of Rs 65,000. The court noted that due to offences committed against the girl, her education as well as her childhood was made hell and recommended a compensation of Rs 7 lakh to the girl and directed the Delhi Legal Service Authority to do the needful.

She (the accused) forcibly administered drugs to the girl so that she could not resist a customer (man), who would sexually exploit her. She applied chilly powder on the breast of the girl and also put it into her mouth in order to create fear in her mind that she should act as per her wishes otherwise be ready to face brutality,” the court observed in its order.

The court noted that the convict Sonu Punjaban not only purchased the girl for prostitution but she also brutalised her to make her surrender to her demands.