Baripada, Jan 18 (PTI) A court in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district on Tuesday sentenced a 57-year-old man to 10 years imprisonment for raping a minor girl seven years ago.

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POCSO Judge Sumita Jena also slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 on the convict, special public prosecutor Abhina Pattnaik said.

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The court directed the State Legal Services Authority to pay Rs 3 lakh to the victim as compensation.

On December 26, 2015, when the eight-year-old girl was going near a pond in Barsahi block, the man forcibly took her to a dilapidated house and raped her.

Ten witnesses were examined in the case.

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