India, March 23 -- A special POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act) court on Thursday sentenced a 60-year-old Dharavi resident to 20 years of imprisonment, for raping a 6-year-old girl in September 2019. The court observed that the offence committed against her needs to be viewed strictly since the victim is a small child with no full parental support.

According to the complaint filed by the victim's mother, her elder daughter who had gone out to play, returned with her pants in her hand. She told her mother that her neighbour invited her to his house and sexually assaulted her. After raping her, when he went to the bathroom, she took her pants and rushed home.

The defence alleged that there were disputes between the vi...