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In one of the fastest POCSO trials in Odisha, a Jharsuguda district court on Wednesday sentenced a 54-year-old man to life imprisonment for raping a 17-year-old blind girl, delivering the verdict within 99 days of the FIR being registered.
Puja Sarangi, additional district and sessions judge-cum-judge of special court (POCSO), also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on the convict. In case of default in paying the fine, the convict will have to undergo rigorous imprisonment for six more months, PR Singhdeo, special public prosecutor of the court, said.
As the convict is a neighbour of the victim, he has not been identified, he added. T...