India, Sept. 29 -- A Special POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act) court in Mumbai has convicted a city resident, Shubham Ashok Tayde, for kidnapping and repeatedly sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl, sentencing him to ten years of rigorous imprisonment.

Pronouncing the verdict on Thursday, which was made available on Friday, Special Judge (POCSO) Madhuri M Deshpande said the prosecution had proved that Tayde "kidnapped [the] minor victim girl, aged 16 years, by taking her out of lawful guardianship of her parents without consent and committed repeated penetrative assault upon [her] and made her pregnant."

According to the prosecution, the victim, a school student, first met Tayde in early 2021 in her locality. Tay...