Priest gets 31 years in jail for raping minor  Ambala: A priest
was today handed down 31 years in jail by a fast track court for
abducting and raping a minor girl in December last year.
Special Judge Vimlesh Tanwar awarded Sanjay Kherwar alias
Shailender Puri 7 years in jail for kidnapping, 10 years for
rape, 2 years for criminal intimidation, 2 years for cheating
and 10 years under PCSAA, besides imposing a Rs 10,000 fine. All
the sentences would run concurrently.  Puri, who was living in a
temple, had raped the Class XI student in Ugala village,
prosecution said.  The girl was rescued with the arrest of Puri
a few days later and he was booked under relevant sections of
IPC and the Protection of Child from Sexual Assault Act (PCSAA).
Puri was earlier awarded life term in a murder case in Kanpur,
Uttar Pradesh and had escaped custody, and since then, he was
living in a temple by posing himself as a godman.