A special POCSO court in North Tripura district on Thursday sentenced a 70-year-old man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a six-year-old girl last year.
Special judge of POCSO Court, Dharmanagar, Angshuman Debbarma, also slapped a fine of Rs 20,000 on the convict and failure to pay it would attract an additional jail term of six months, North Tripura Superintendent of Police Bhanupada Das said.
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Hashid Ali, 70, raped the girl in a jungle in Sakaibari area in Dharmanagar in June last year after abducting her.
The man was arrested after an FIR was lodged and later, the charge-sheet was filed.
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