Chandigarh, Feb. 19 -- A local court on Wednesday sentenced a Sarangpur resident to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) in a case registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act at Sarangpur police station in January 2024.

The convict, Jaswinder Singh, was arrested for raping a 12-year-old girl, who was initially reported missing. Police registered an FIR in the case, and during the investigation, it was found that she was raped.

The case was subsequently registered under Sections 366 (kidnapping), 376(2)(N) (committing rape repeatedly on same woman), 376(3) (rape of woman under 16 years old), 376-D (gangrape) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Section 6 (penetrative sexual assault) of the POCSO Act.

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