Thane Sep 17 PTI A district court has sentenced a 21-year-old man to seven years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a minor girl in Maharashtras Thane city Additional sessions judge and special judge POCSO V V Virkar on Thursday found the accused guilty of charges under sections 363 kidnapping 376 rape and other relevant provisions of the IPC and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences POCSO Act The court also imposed a fine of Rs 8000 on the accused According to the prosecution the 16-year-old victim lived in the same locality as the accused in Yashswi Nagar of Balkum On May 16 2018 she went out to answer natures call and never returned home The accused had taken her to Chinchani of Dahanu and kept her in a rented hut there When the victim resisted his advances and wanted him to marry her he refused and repeatedly raped her for over a month until the girl managed to escape and returned home it was stated A police complaint was subsequently lodged based on which the accused was arrested PTI COR ARU ARU
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