Man gets 14-year jail term for raping minor

Cuttack: An Odisha court Friday sentenced a 60-year-old man to 14 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a girl seven years ago.

A POCSO court in Cuttack also slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 on Ajay Samal and directed the District Legal Services Authority to pay a compensation of Rs 5 lakh to the rape survivor, who is an orphan.

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The District Childline received information on November 23, 2014, that a girl was raped. It rescued the minor and lodged an FIR with the Mahila Police, Special Public Prosecutor Ramesh Chandra Mohanty said.

PTI