A Delhi court on Thursday sentenced a 30-year-old man to 25 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a two-year-old girl on Diwali last month.

“The victim was in the safest place in her world, which was her home, but the convict made it unsafe for her. Moreover, the festival of lights turned into darkness that will remain with her and her family for the rest of their life,” said Additional Sessions Judge Babita Puniya of Tis Hazari court in her sentencing order.

The accused, who was convicted on Wednesday under Section 6 (aggravated penetrative sexual assault) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, had argued for leniency in the sentence, stating several factors, including being intoxicated, belonging to a lower stratum of society and being uneducated.

He was a

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