A 24-year old youth, who threw acid on a college girl after she spurned his love, was today sentenced to ten years rigorous imprisonment by a court in Rasipuram, 35 km from here.
Chief judicial magistrate of Rasipuram and fast track judge C Gunasekaran also imposed a stiff fine of Rs5 lakh on Arumugam and ordered that his house be attached in case of default.
The 23-year old girl, a BA student of local government Arts college, had lost her sight in the right eye and suffered burns on the right side of her body in the acid attack on January 11, 2008.
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