Berhampur: A 35-year-old man was sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for 20 years by a court in Odisha’s Ganjam district for raping a 14-year-old girl around three years ago.
Berhampur POCSO court judge Ganeshwar Pati, while convicting Brundaban Naik and awarding the jail term, also imposed a fine of Rs 30,000 on him.
The court also awarded Rs 5 lakh as compensation to the rape survivor, according to special public prosecutor Mohan Singari.
As per prosecution, Naik had sexually assaulted the teenager after he saw her bathing in a water body on the outskirts of her village on May 13, 2019.
The court pronounced its judgment based on the medical report and the statements of 12 witnesses.
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