India, March 13 -- A Ghaziabad court on Wednesday awarded 20 years imprisonment to a 25-year-old man who entered his neighbour's house and raped a 15-year-old girl while her parents were away on the night of October 20, 2020.

A case was registered against the convict on October 21, 2020, under sections for rape, house trespass, and provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (Pocso) at Muradnagar police station. The FIR also included provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

"The court held the accused Shahnawaz (single name) guilty and awarded him 20 years of imprisonment," Harish Sharma, special public prosecutor (Pocso), told HT on Thursday.

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