Phulbani , Aug 27 (PTI) A court in Odisha's Kandhamal district has sentenced a 32-year-old man to 10 years rigorous imprisonment for raping a minor girl in 2014.
Balliguda Additional district judge Bhaskar Chandra Sahu Thursday convicted the man and sentenced him to jail for 10 years.
The judge also slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 on the convict.
According to the prosecution, the man who hails from Balliguda had called the girl, a resident of a nearby village, to work with him in a field.
While returning, he took the girl to a roadside jungle and raped her.
The victim's mother had lodged the complaint against the accused.
The judgment was pronounced after examining 11 witnesses, the medical report, and the statement of the girl.
