India, Aug. 20 -- The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) court in Rajasthan's Udaipur has sentenced a woman to 20 years of imprisonment for sexually assaulting a minor boy.

This is the first such case in Udaipur where a female accused has been convicted under the POCSO Act.

Special public prosecutor Mahendra Ojha said the incident occurred in 2023 when the minor boy, then 17 years old, suddenly went missing from his home. His father lodged a missing person's report at Pratap Nagar police station, following which police traced the boy and handed him back to his family.

According to the complaint, the boy's father alleged that a woman had kept his son with her, took him to different places, and sexually exploited him aga...