Mumbai: Drug addict gets life imprisonment for raping mother

A local court on Friday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for raping his mother.

"The court convicted the accused, a history-sheeter, under section 376 (rape) of the Indian Penal Code," said public prosecutor Kalpana Hire. According to the prosecution, the accused, a 28-year-old auto-driver by profession, is a drug addict. His wife had left him.

On August 5 last year, he raped his 50-year-old mother at knife point at their house. His father was then sleeping in another room. After the woman told her husband about the incident, they filed a complaint with suburban Mankurd police.

The prosecution examined six witnesses including the accused's father to prove its case. The special women's court judge AS Shende accepted the prosecution's case and convicted the accused.