Man sentenced to 11 years in jail for raping minor
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A court here on Saturday sentenced a man to 11 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a minor.
District and sessions judge Dhanajay Chaturvedi also imposed a fine of Rs 20,000 on Subhash Singh Rawat.
He was convicted under section 4 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, special public prosecutor Mohan Pant said.
The court also directed the district magistrate to ensure Rs 5 lakh is paid to the rape survivor within a month.
The girl was raped in the Pokhri area of Chamoli district in 2019.
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