Balasore: Balasore Special POCSO Court on Monday sentenced a man to undergo 20 years rigorous imprisonment (RI) after convicting him for raping a minor girl.
Balasore Special POCSO Court judge Ranjan Kumar Sutar on the basis of statements of 17 witnesses and 18 documents awarded 20 years RI to a shopkeeper Ajay Behera after convicting him for raping a minor girl who had come to his shop to buy chocolate.
The court also imposed a fine of Rs 5000 on Behera and in default to pay the fine he has to undergo RI for two years more.
The victim’s family had reported the incident at Khantapada police station in Balasore district on 30 May last year.
