Palghar: A court in Maharashtra’s Palghar district has sentenced a 38-year-old truck driver to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a seven-year-old girl five years ago.
In his order on Saturday, the District and Additional Sessions Judge at Vasai, SV Khongal, also imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 on the convict.
Special Public Prosecutor Jaiprakash Patil told the court that the
The accused woman was sentenced to seven years of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 50,000 was imposed on her. The copy of the order issued on December 8 was made available on Monday. Maharashtra: Woman Gets Seven Years Rigorous Imprisonment for Kidnapping, Sale of Toddler in Palghar.
Special POCSO court judge Aditee U Kadam in her order pronounced on Friday, a copy of it was made available on Saturday, also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on the accused and directed that the victim be provided a compensation through the district legal services authority (DLSA).