Rajkot: A 35-year-old rickshaw driver convicted for raping a three-year-old girl was sentenced to life imprisonment till his last breath by a special Pocso court in Amreli on Wednesday.
Special Pocso judge RR Dave sentenced Raju alias Rajukdi Mangrolia who had raped the girl in May last year.
The court also directed the government to pay a compensation of Rs 15 lakh to rape survivor and ordered it to deposit Rs 10 lakh out of this amount in a fixed deposit of a nationalized bank till the girl attains the age of 18. The interest from this amount can be used for her studies, clothes, medicine and other expenses.