Baripada: A POCSO court here Wednesday sentenced a 42-year-old man to 10 years in prison for raping a six-year-old girl in Mayurbhanj district seven years ago.
Baripada POCSO Court Judge Sumita Jena also imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 on Gurubha Sardar, Special Public Prosecutor Abhina Pattnaik said.
The court directed the District Legal Services Authority to pay Rs 2 lakh to the rape survivor as compensation.
January 3, 2015, the girl was playing with her friends at a village in Jamda block when Sardar took her to a deserted place by luring her with a guava and raped her.
The judgement was based on the girl’s statement, medical reports and statements of 14 witnesses, the prosecution added.
PTI