Hyderabad, Feb. 19 -- A Telangana fast-track court, on Wednesday, February 19, convicted and sentenced a man to one-year rigorous imprisonment for sexually harassing a minor girl in 2023.

The convicted, Palappu Mahindra, 20, a student, is a native of Kandukur mandal in the Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh.

The LB Nagar police arrested him for getting in touch with a minor girl, in the name of love, and harassing her.

He was charged under sections 354 (D) (stalking) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), Sections 11 (sexual harassment of a child) and 12 (any act that sexually harasses a child, including messages or chats) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO).

The Rangareddy Fast Tra...