Latest News | Man Gets 20 Years Jail Term for Raping Minor Niece in Rajasthan

Kota, Oct 4 (PTI) A POCSO court on Wednesday convicted a man to 20 years imprisonment for raping his 12-year-old niece in 2022.

The court imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on the 31-year-old convict, a resident of Jhalawar city police station area, public prosecutor Ramhetar Gurjar.

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On May 15, 2022, the convict raped the minor when she was alone at home and her parents had gone somewhere, he said.

Initially, the victim's parents did not lodge a report with police as the accused was a family member but when the girl told her maternal uncle about the incident, they both filed a complaint on May 24 last year.

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