Odisha: 60-year-old man gets 10-year jail for raping teen
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A 60-year-old man was sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment by a court on Saturday for raping a 16-year-old girl in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district.
Special POCSO judge Sumita Jena also imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 on the convicted.
The special court also directed the District Legal Services Authority to pay Rs 4 lakh to the rape survivor as compensation.
On February 28, 2016, the teenager was alone in the house at a village in Baripada Sadar block when the accused raped her.
The judgement was based on the rape survivor’s statement, medical report and 17 witnesses, special public prosecutor Abhina Patnaik said.
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