Hyderabad: A court has sentenced a youth to 25 years rigorous imprisonment for raping a minor girl in 2019.

The court of XII Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge on Tuesday found the 24-year-old accused guilty under relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences ( POCSO ) Act and IPC and sentenced him to undergo rigorous imprisonment of 25 years.

The court also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000.

According to the prosecution, the girl, while going to her college here, was stalked by the accused (an 18-year-old in 2019), a senior student of the same college, who had befriended her online.

He captured a few nude photos of the victim and started blackmailing her for money. The accused abused and threatened her and sexually assaulted her multiple times.

The matter ca

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