Baripada (Odisha), Jan 31 (PTI) A local court in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district Tuesday sentenced a 22-year-old man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a 11 years old minor girl in 2017.

Mayurbhanj Special POCSO Court Judge Sumita Jena also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on the convict Khetra Munda, said Special Public Prosecutor Abhinna Kumar Pattnaik.

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The court also directed Mayurbhanj District Legal Services Authority to pay Rs 4 lakh to the victim minor girl as compensation.

The incident took place in Orium village near Thakurmunda on November 7, 2017 when the minor girl was playing near her home.

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Munda took her to nearby forest where he raped her. Family member lodged FIR in the Thakurmunda Police Station following which a case under section 6 of POCSO Act and other sections of the IPC was registered.

Police arrested the accused Khetra Munda. The judgement was based on the statement of victim and 20 witnesses besides a medical report, Special Public Prosecutor Abhinna Kumar Pattnaik said.

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