India, March 7 -- A special POCSO Court in Pune sentenced 40-year-old Kundlik Gulabrao Jadhav to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for aggravated sexual offences on victims below the age of 12. Special judge Mahendra K. Mahajan emphasised the calculated nature of the crime: "The offences are committed in two stages. So, the offences were committed with intention." Court further noted that "there is a big difference between the ages of the victims and the accused".

According to the order released on Thursday, the crime occurred in two stages: first, the accused showed pornographic material to the two victims, and second, he sexually assaulted one of them inside his house.

The court noted that since the POCSO Act's section 5(m) read with ...