A man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexually assaulting a 12-year-old boy in Ajmer, the police said. A Special POCSO Court in Ajmer on Thursday heard the case.
Judge Rajesh Chandra Gupta also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on the convict Radhakishan alias Babu Bhai for the crime he committed a year back, the police said.
Ajmer Range Inspector General of Police S Sengathir in a statement said that on November 23 last year, the survivor's father had lodged a report with the police in Ajmer.
According to the complaint, the convict had taken the boy to a factory room where he raped him.
Radhakishan was charged under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and a charge sheet was presented in the court.
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