Baripada: A court here on Monday sentenced a man to five years of imprisonment for raping an eight-year-old girl.
Mayurbhanj District Special POCSO Court judge Sumita Jena also imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 on convict Tarashankar Sahu (30), said special public prosecutor Abhinna Kumar Pattnaik.
The court directed Mayurbhanj District Legal Services Authority to pay Rs 1 lakh to the rape survivor as compensation.
On March 1, 2022, the minor was alone at her house in Chitrada village under Morada police station when the accused of same village raped her.
The judgment was based on the statements of the victim, 11 witnesses and a medical report, Pattnaik said.
PTI