Muzaffarnagar, Sep 1 (PTI) A POCSO court in Shamli district on Thursday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for abducting and raping a 16-year-old girl last year.

Special Judge Mumtaz Ali also imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on accused Gautam after holding him guilty under sections 363, 366, 376, 452, and 506 of IPC and sections 3, 4 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, district government counsel Sanjay Chauhan said.

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The court has also directed that the convict will spend six months more in jail if he fails to deposit the fine.

Special POCSO lawyer Pushpendra Malik said that the convict entered the victim's house in a village under Thanabhawan police station limits in Shamli district on July 8, 2021, and brought the girl to other place and raped her.

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The victim's grandfather had lodged the complaint in this connection. PTI CORR

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