Hyderabad, May 27 -- A city court has sentenced a 22-year-old Hyderabad man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a 15-year-old girl after luring her away from home on the pretext of marriage, police said on Tuesday.

The XII Additional Sessions Judge, Nampally, convicted Vadloori Pavan, a resident of Bagh Lingampally, under Section 376(3) (rape committed on a girl or woman who is under 16 years of age) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Section 5(l) read with Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. He was also directed to pay a fine of Rs 10,000.

According to the police, the accused had been in contact with the minor over the phone. When the girl's parents discovered the relationship and quest...