Chaibasa: A court in Jharkhand’s Chaibasa on Friday sentenced a man to 30 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a minor girl in a village under Muffasil police station limit about three years ago.
Additional Session Judge-I of West Singhbhum district also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on the convict.
The convict, Harilal Bodra, raped the minor girl under threat of bodily harm in October 2020.
A case in this regard was registered under various sections of the IPC and POCSO Act.
The police arrested the accused and forwarded him to judicial custody.
