New Delhi, Nov 13 (PTI) A Delhi court has sentenced a man to 14 years of rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting a seven-year-old girl in 2016, saying offences abhorrent to the moral fabric of society must be dealt with sternly.

Additional Sessions Judge Sandeep Gupta was hearing the arguments on sentencing against the man, a rickshaw puller, who was convicted last month under Section 6 (aggravated penetrative sexual assault) of the POCSO Act.

Special public prosecutor S K Bishnoi said the court could impose a punishment proportionate to the enormity of the crime, one that served as retribution and a stern warning to those who dared to commit such acts. Show Full Article

“Any leniency in sentencing would be a miscarriage of justice and a mockery of the pain endured by the victim,”

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