India, July 9 -- A special fast-track court sentenced two men to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping minors in separate 2022 cases under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act.

Additional sessions judge Jasmine Shamra convicted the 28-year-old man of raping his 16-year-old niece multiple times and imposed a Rs.30,000 fine under the Pocso Act section 6. In a separate case, Ajay Singh, 23, received 20 years imprisonment and a Rs.50,000 fine for raping a 13-year-old girl.

In the first case, the accused from Panna, Madhya Pradesh, called his class XI student niece to Gurugram on the pretext of teaching her tailoring. "After reaching the city on July 10, 2022, she started living with him and his family," said sp...