Thane, Oct 19 (PTI) A court in Maharashtra’s Thane district sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for repeatedly raping his minor daughter and impregnating her.

Additional Sessions Judge D S Deshmukh found the 40-year-old accused guilty of the charges under sections 313 (Causing miscarriage without consent), 376(2)(h) (aggravated rape), 506 (criminal intimidation) and other relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012.

A copy of the order dated October 16 was made available on Sunday. Show Full Article

The judge sentenced the accused to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on him.

Special public prosecutor Rekha Hiwrale said that 13 prosecution witnesses, including the victim,

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