Muzaffarnagar, Dec 4 (PTI) A Special POCSO Court has sentenced a man to 10 years of imprisonment for raping his 15-year-old niece, court officials said here on Saturday.

Special Judge Sanjiv Kumar Tiwari also imposed a fine of Rs 27,000 on the accused, Jitendra, convicting him under section 363, 366 and 376 of the Indian Penal Code and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

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According to special POCSO lawyers Dinesh Sharma and Manmohan Verma, Jitendra had abducted his niece from a village under Charthwal Police Station on April 21, 2017.

He raped the girl keeping her captive in Meerut, Mathura, Vrindavan, and Agra, they said.

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