India, April 27 -- A special POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012) court has sentenced a 43-year-old Dahisar resident to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a nine-year-old girl from his neighbourhood in September 2019.

The incident occurred when the girl had gone to use a washroom made of metal sheets, and the accused entered the place and raped her. A neighbour saw the man roaming outside the washroom and informed the girl's parents, who subsequently saw him running away from the spot. Upon enquiry, the girl told them that the man had raped her a month ago as well and had threatened her to not disclose it to anyone.

The Dahisar colony police subsequently registered a first information report based on a...