Baripada (Odisha), Jan 12 (PTI) A court in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district on Wednesday sentenced a man to 10 years imprisonment for raping a minor girl five years ago.
POCSO judge Sumita Jena also slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 on the convict, 26-year-old Kalicharan Marandi.
On March 4, 2017, when the seven-year-old girl was going to a field in Tiring block, he lured her to a secluded spot and raped her.
The court also directed the state Legal Service Authority to pay Rs 3 lakh to the girl as compensation.
Nineteen witnesses were examined in the case.
