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05-04-2005, 09:34 PM
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A rape victim has been asked by an Indian court to consider marrying her attacker to give him a lighter sentence.
The rapist, named Bhura, appeared to suggest his offer of marriage to the 22-year-old victim would be helpful to her.
He told the court in the capital New Delhi he was willing to wed her as "no one would be ready to due to the stigma".
The judge hearing the case ordered the victim, a nurse, and her parents to appear in court to answer to the request.
He said that the attacker's sentence would depend on their answer, and duly sentenced him to life after her response.
The victim said: "I will not marry him. It is horrible, audacious. He should be given the severest punishment. "He should be hanged so that such an horrendous is not repeated with any other girl."
Bhura raped the woman in September 2003 in a private room at a hospital in Delhi.
The hospital porter gouged her right eye and scarred the nurse's face. She has undergone surgery four times since the attack.
A rape victim has been asked by an Indian court to consider marrying her attacker to give him a lighter sentence.
The rapist, named Bhura, appeared to suggest his offer of marriage to the 22-year-old victim would be helpful to her.
He told the court in the capital New Delhi he was willing to wed her as "no one would be ready to due to the stigma".
The judge hearing the case ordered the victim, a nurse, and her parents to appear in court to answer to the request.
He said that the attacker's sentence would depend on their answer, and duly sentenced him to life after her response.
The victim said: "I will not marry him. It is horrible, audacious. He should be given the severest punishment. "He should be hanged so that such an horrendous is not repeated with any other girl."
Bhura raped the woman in September 2003 in a private room at a hospital in Delhi.
The hospital porter gouged her right eye and scarred the nurse's face. She has undergone surgery four times since the attack.