An ex-BSF constable was sentenced to five years of imprisonment by a Delhi court for sexually assaulting a five-year-old girl in 2016.

A Delhi court has sentenced a former BSF head constable to five years of imprisonment for sexually assaulting a five-year-old minor in 2016, saying the offence was "an aggravated form of predatory exploitation."

Additional Sessions Judge Sandeep Gupta was hearing the arguments on sentencing against the accused, who had been earlier convicted for the penal offence of kidnapping and under Section 10 (aggravated sexual assault) of the POCSO Act.

Special Public Prosecutor Sharwan Kumar Bishnoi said the convict did not deserve any leniency as the act of exploiting the innocence and helplessness of a minor reflected his “depraved mentality”.

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