A court in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district on Tuesday sentenced a 60-year-old man to life imprisonment for raping a minor girl about four years ago.
The girl, who was 13 then and known to the convict, has become pregnant as a result of the rape and is now an unwed mother.
The court of sessions judge-I awarded a life sentence to Selai Birua and imposed a fine of Rs 10,000.
A case in this regard was lodged under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and POCSO Act based on a complaint the victim's mother filed at Manjhari police station.
The police arrested the accused and forwarded him to judicial custody.
Birua had taken the girl to a nearby forest on the pretext of collecting firewood and raped her there under threat.
The victim did not say anything to her family members for quite some time. She narrated it to her mother only she suffered abdominal pain.
It was then diagnosed that she was pregnant.
West Singhbhum Superintendent of Police Ashutosh Shekhar said the victim now has a two-and-a-half-year-old daughter.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
Featured Video Of The Day
"Reforms Focus Not For Editorials, But To Make Country Strong": PM's I-Day Speech
Cops Post Rioters' Pics After Vandalism During Kolkata Rape-Murder Protest Mob Vandalised Kolkata Doctor Rape Murder Case Crime Scene? Cops Respond "Strictest Punishment For Crimes Against Women": PM Amid Kolkata Protests 2 French Rafale Jets Collide Mid-Air, Instructor, Pilot Missing Ayatollah Khamenei Warns Of "Divine Wrath" If Iran Backs Down Against Israel 150 mg Semen In Kolkata Doctor's Body, Suspect Gang-Rape: Parents To Court In PM Modi's Independence Day Speech, A Call For "24x7 For 2047" Oropouche Virus Kills 2 In Brazil: All About The Rare Disease Punjab Toll Plaza Blunder: Man Charged Rs 220 While Relaxing At Home Track Latest News Live on NDTV.com and get news updates from India and around the world.