Kendrapara (Odisha), Dec 22 (PTI) A fast-track POCSO court on Friday sentenced a 63-year-old man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting a minor girl at a village here earlier in the year.

The special court, Kendrapara, also imposed a fine of Rs 3,000 on the convict, failing which he will have to undergo another six months in jail.

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Pronouncing the verdict, POCSO judge Pranati Pattanaik convicted Prahallad Behera for raping the 10-year-old girl.

He was booked under sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and the IPC.

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