India, July 16 -- A special for Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Court (POCSO) on Tuesday sentenced a private school music teacher to 20-year jail for sexually harassing minor girl students.

A piano teacher, identified as Tobias Thapar, who was posted at a reputed convent school in Jalandhar city, was arrested by the Jalandhar Cantt police on May 25 last year on the complaint of the family of a 12-year-old victim.

Jalandhar district attorney Anil Kumar Boparai said the police filed a chargesheet against the accused within three months of his arrest on July 1 last year.

"The probe team carried out a minute investigation in the matter, besides collecting corroborative evidence and chemical examination reports required to take ...