India News | UP Man Gets 7 Years in for Molesting Minor

Muzaffarnagar, Oct 7 (PTI) A POCSO court here on Wednesday sentenced a man to seven years in prison for molesting a 10-year-old girl in a village here four years ago.

Special Judge Sanjiv Kumar Tiwari also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on Deepanker after holding him guilty under section 3 and 4 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

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According to Manmohan Verma, a POCSO lawyer, the incident took place on May 16, 2017 in the Shahpur area when the girl had gone out of her house to relieve herself.

Verma said the girl extricated herself by biting Deepanker's hand and managed to escape.

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