Thane, Apr 8 (PTI) A man was sentenced to seven years in jail by a Thane court 19 years after he trespassed into a house and raped a woman.

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Additional Sessions Judge Rachna Tehra convicted Ramashankar Shukla, an autorickshaw driver, under section 376 of the Indian Penal Code and also fined him Rs 5,500.

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He had entered the house of the victim in Nerul in Navi Mumbai and raped her, after which a police case was registered and he was arrested.

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