Panchkula, July 9 -- A special POCSO court in Panchkula on Wednesday sentenced a 29-year-old man to three years' rigorous imprisonment (RI) for a 2019 sexual assault case involving two sisters. The court also imposed a fine of Rs.10,000 on the convict.

The court convicted the accused under Section 8 (sexual assault) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and Section 354 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), awarding three years' RI under each provision. Both sentences will run concurrently.

The case was registered by the district police in March 2019 against two boys, both residents of Panchkula.

According to the complaint filed by an 18-year-old woman, she and her 17-year-old sister were carrying...