India, March 22 -- A Ghaziabad court on Friday sentenced a 27-year-old man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a 17-year-old girl in April 2019 while her parents were away. The prosecution lawyers said the court also imposed a concurrent five-year prison sentence for house trespass.

The convict, Sahil Salahuddin, was the girl's neighbour in a locality within the Loni Border police station limits.

"Accused Sahil is held guilty under IPC sections 376(1) (rape) and 452 (house trespass) and also under provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act. He is awarded 10 years of imprisonment for rape and a fine of Rs.50,000," the court of Special Judge (Pocso Act) Neeraj Gautam stated in the order on March 20.

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