Chandigarh, Sept. 13 -- A fast track special court in Chandigarh sentenced a 35-year-old man to three years' imprisonment for kidnapping and intimidating an eight-year-old girl with the intent to have sexual intercourse.

The court held, Manoj Kumar, guilty under Sections 8 (sexual assault) and 12 (sexual harassment of a child) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offfences Act. Besides undergoing the jail term, the convict is also required to pay a fine of Rs.5,000. According to the police, following a complaint lodged by the victim's mother, an FIR was registered against Kumar in December 2023 under sections of kidnapping, criminal intimidation and the POCSO Act.

As per the prosecution, on December 2, 2023, the girl was at home wi...