UP: Man gets 25-yr sentence for raping minor

UP: Man gets 25-yr sentence for raping minor
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A local court here convicted a man of raping a minor and sentenced him to 25 years of imprisonment, a government advocate said on Thursday.

The court of the District Additional Sessions Judge Alok Dwivedi on Wednesday convicted one Ajit Saroj of raping a 13-year-old girl in May 2018, the prosecution said.

According to the FIR lodged in the case, the minor girl was at a farm when the accused raped her. Saroj was booked for rape and other sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

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