Srinagar, Sept. 12 -- Srinagar- The Fast Track Court for POCSO Cases here has sentenced a man to seven years' simple imprisonment for kidnapping and aggravated sexual assault of a minor girl in a case dating back to 2020.

Presiding Officer Umi Kulsoom passed the sentencing order after convicting A B Sofi of offences under Sections 363, 506, 323 and 342 of the IPC, along with Sections 9(m)/10 of the POCSO Act.

The case arose from FIR No. 227/2020 registered at Police Station Safa Kadal. According to the prosecution, the minor girl had gone to a tailor's shop on December 24, 2020, but did not return home. It was alleged that Sofi forcibly took her on his scooty to his house at Chattabal, where she was kept overnight. She returned home the...