Barelly (UP), Nov 17 (PTI) A local court here has sentenced an 80-year-old man to 25 years of imprisonment for raping a five-year-old girl in 2016.

Special POCSO court judge Ramdayal also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on the convict, Nanhe, the prosecution lawyer said.

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Nanhe had raped the girl on December 19, 2016 in the Cant area here, he said.

An FIR was registered after minor's family members filed a complaint with the local police, the lawyer said.

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