India, Jan. 5 -- A sessions court in Junnar, Pune district, has sentenced a 29-year-old man to life imprisonment for the kidnapping and rape of a four-year-old girl, holding that medical and circumstantial evidence conclusively established his guilt.

In the order, which was delivered on December 29, and a copy was made available on Saturday, Additional Sessions Judge SB Shelar convicted Avinash Laxman Lagad and sentenced him to rigorous imprisonment for life, besides imposing a fine of Rs.10,000. The case dates back to April 20, 2018.

According to the prosecution, the victim's mother, a resident of Barav village and originally from Nepal, found her daughter missing while she was taking a bath. A search was launched by the mother and her...