Ongole POCSO-cum-Second Additional District Sessions Judge M.A. Somasekhar on August 28 (Monday) sentenced a 70-year-old man to life imprisonment after convicting the latter of raping a six-year-old Scheduled Tribe (ST) girl in the Vetapalem police station limits of Bapatla district.
Bapatla Superintendent of Police Vakul Jindal told the media that the convict, Vayala Polaiah, hailing from Lakshipuram village, committed the crime in 2017.
Mr. Jindal said that the court awarded multiple punishments to the convict and all of them would run concurrently.