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Odisha: Man sentenced to 20-year RI by POCSO court for raping a minor girl

Balasore, July 8 (UNI) Special Judge POCSO Ranjan Kumar Sutar on Monday convicted a 33-year- old rape accused and sentenced him to 20 years Rigorous imprisonment (RI) along with a penalty of Rs 5,000.
The convict, the judge ordered, would undergo 2 more years jail term in case he failed to pay the fine amount.
According to the prosecution, Sk. Mantaz of Bagada village under Kasafal under Marine police station had committed the offence against an 8-year-old victim of the same village.
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