India News | Odisha Court Sentences 70-year-old Man to 10 Years in Jail

Balasore (Odisha), Feb 26 (PTI) A local court in Odisha's Balasore district Saturday sentenced a 70-year-old man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a minor girl.

Special Judge of the POCSO court Jagdish Prasad Mohanty also slapped a penalty of Rs 10,000 on the convict.

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According to the prosecution, the 13-year-old girl, who worked as a domestic help in the house of the elderly man, was sexually abused several times for about two years.

She was rescued by a local childline unit and an FIR lodged in Khaira police station on September 13, 2016.

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