India, Dec. 13 -- A fast-track court sentenced a21-year-old convict to 20-years of rigorous imprisonment after holding him guilty of raping a seven-year-old boy almost six years back in Badshahpur, police said on Friday

The special court of additional sessions judge Jasmine Sharma gave the verdict against him under Section 6 (aggravated penetrative sexual assault) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act and also imposed a fine of Rs.30,000 on Wednesday.

Sunil Kumar Parmar, special public prosecutor, said that the convict was 16-year-old when the incident took place on February 27, 2020.

"However, looking at the heinous nature of the case and after all the psychological assessment of the child in conflict with law...