India, Sept. 25 -- A special court in Pune on Tuesday sentenced a 56-year-old man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting a minor girl at his residence in Wanowrie in 2021.
Special Judge Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) and Additional Sessions Judge Kavita D Shirbhate at Shivajinagar court also imposed a fine of Rs.37,000 on the convict, Sanjay Ramesh Sharma. In case of default, Sharma will undergo an additional nine months of rigorous imprisonment.
The court awarded Sharma three separate sentences: 20 years under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 10 years under Indian Penal Code (IPC) Section 377 (unnatural offences), and 2 years under IPC Section 506 (criminal intimida...
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