Cuttack: Additional Sessions and Special POCSO Court in Cuttack sentenced a 25-year-old man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) for the abduction and rape of a 12-year-old girl in 2022.

The convicted, Abdul Razak alias Abdul Nadi Khan, a resident of the Laxmipur police station area in Koraput district, was found guilty under stringent sections of the law.

Judge Himanshu Shekhar Singh held him guilty under Sections 363 and 366 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), and most critically, under Section 376-AB of the IPC and Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, which pertains to the rape of a child under twelve years of age.

The court sentenced Abdul Razak to 20 years of imprisonment and imposed a fine of ₹65,000. The verdict stipulated that failure to pa

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