Baripada, Jun 23 (PTI) A court in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district on Thursday sentenced a 29-year-old man to 10 years imprisonment for raping a 15-year-old girl eight years ago.

Baripada POCSO court judge Sumita Jena also imposed a fine of Rs 16,000 on the convict, public prosecutor Abhinna Patnaik said.

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The court directed the State Legal Services Authority to pay Rs 4 lakh to the rape survivor.

On July 21, 2014, the girl was alone in her house in a village in Betnoti block when the convict forcibly took her to his sister's house in Balasore district.

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The accused raped her there for six days.

The judgement was based on the medical report and the statements of the girl and 16 witnesses.

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