BHABUA, Dec. 24 -- A Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act court in Kaimur sentenced a man accused of kidnapping and raping a 15-year-old girl to 25 years of rigorous imprisonment on Wednesday.

The court also imposed a fine of Rs.65,000 on the accused, failing which he will have to serve an additional 10 months of imprisonment.

According to the FIR registered by the victim's father, his 15-year-old daughter had gone to buy radishes from a village shop around 7-8 pm on September 22, 2022 and as she was on her way back to home, the accused Bali Gond of the same village abducted her, took her elsewhere, and raped her. The FIR was registered against the accused at the Bhabua police station the following morning, Special Pu...