India, Nov. 22 -- A Delhi court on Thursday noted that the legislature has not made any distinction between digital penetration and penile penetration, while handing out 25 years of sentence to a man for sexually assaulting a minor girl.

The observations were made by additional sessions judge Babita Puniya of Tis Hazari Courts. The court was dealing with the sexual assault of a two-year-old girl by Raj Kumar, a 30-year-old,on October 20 this year.

Kumar was convicted by a trial court on November 19 under section 6 of the Protection of Child from Sexual Offences(POCSO) Act.

Advocate Abhijeet Bhagat, the legal aid counsel for Kumar, raised a contention before the court, submitting that since it was a case of digital penetration and not p...