A 63-year-old man was sentenced to life imprisonment by a local court under the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/mumbai-trio-who-secretly-filmed-women-slapped-with-pocso-act-23245717" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">POCSO Act</a> for raping a nine-year-old girl.
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The man was slapped with a fine of Rs 50,000 under Section 6 of the Act.
The crime was committed eight minths ago, when the child was alone at her home near here.
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The victim informed her family members about the incident later and they along with the villagers nabbed the accused and registered a complaint with the police against him.
The police registered a case against the accused under various sections of the POCSO Act and it was registered as a special one recently.
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The man was slapped with a fine of Rs 50,000 under Section 6 of the Act

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