Man gets 10 years imprisonment for raping minor girl

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Updated At : 03:44 AM Jan 13, 2022 IST

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Baripada, January 12

A court in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district on Wednesday sentenced a man to 10 years imprisonment for raping a minor girl five years ago.

POCSO judge Sumita Jena also slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 on the convict, 26-year-old Kalicharan Marandi.

On March 4, 2017, when the seven-year-old girl was going to a field in Tiring block, he lured her to a secluded spot and raped her.

The court also directed the state Legal Service Authority to pay Rs 3 lakh to the girl as compensation.

Nineteen witnesses were examined in the case.

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