Imphal, June 25 -- A Fast Track Special Court in Manipur has sentenced a 50-year-old man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) under Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act for sexually assaulting a minor girl.

The judgment was delivered on Tuesday by Judge Rajkumari Memcha of Fast Track Special Court No. 1.

The convict, Mayengbam Inao, was also directed to pay a fine of Rs 5,000. In case of non-payment, he will have to undergo an additional three months of simple imprisonment.

The court also ordered that the time the convict had already spent in judicial custody be deducted from the total sentence. Inao was brought before the court from Manipur Central Jail, Sajiwa, Imphal East district, for the se...