Itanagar, April 26 -- A special POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) court in Arunachal Pradesh's Yupia on Fridaysentenced a 44-year-old man to death for repeatedly raping his minor relative in 2019, calling the offence a "rarest of rare" case marked by a grave breach of trust.

Special Judge (POCSO) Dr Hirendra Kashyap convicted Lakang Tallang in the 2019 case under sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), including rape committed by a person in a position of trust and criminal intimidation, read with section 6 of the POCSO Act.

The court held that the accused, the victim's maternal uncle, exploited a position of trust to commit aggravated penetrative sexual assault.

According to the prosecution, led by special public pr...