Man gets 14 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping his minor niece
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Mumbai, May 17 (PTI) A special court here has sentenced a man to 14 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping his minor niece multiple times in 2016 when the girl was under his guardianship following the death of her mother.
Special court judge S J Ansari, hearing cases related to the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, passed the judgment last week and the detailed order was made available on Wednesday.
The judge said it was found that the 46-year-old accused committed a "very serious offence" of repeatedly raping his own minor niece when she was under his guardianship for a short period of time