Imphal, July 8 -- A court in Manipur sentenced a rapist to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment and fined him Rs 5,000 after convicting him of the offense of aggravated penetrative sexual assault on a minor girl.

W. Tonen Meitei, Judge of the Fast Track Special Court No. 2, Manipur, passed the sentencing order on Monday, under Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012. Court officials reported the sentence on Tuesday.

The records showed that police arrested the rapist identified as Huidrom Amusana (53) on March 9, 2018, after the victim's mother lodged a complaint.

In her complaint, she stated that Amusana had sexually assaulted her minor daughter by kissing her face and touching her private parts with...