India, Aug. 9 -- A special fast track court sentenced a 28-year-old man to 25 years of rigorous imprisonment on Friday for raping a five-year-old girl after kidnapping her in Bilaspur in August 2022.

Additional sessions judge Jasmine Sharma also imposed a fine of Rs.60,000 after holding the accused guilty under section 6 (aggravated penetrative sexual assault) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act and section 365 (kidnapping with intent to wrongfully confine a person) of the Indian Penal Code.

Special public prosecutor Sunil Kumar Parmar said that the incident took place in the early hours of August 17, 2022 when the victim with her mother and 13-year-old brother was asleep inside their rented accommodation at Banslambi...