The Fast Track Special Court in Adoor on Monday sentenced a 26-year-old man to 45 years’ rigorous imprisonment (RI) for sexually abusing a 4-year-old girl.
Judge Sameer A found the accused, son of the victim’s aunt, guilty of abusing the child. The parents of the victim too had been arraigned as accused in the case for failing to promptly report the abuse to the authority concerned.
Alongside the jail term, the court also imposed a fine of ₹2.5 lakh on the convict. On default of payment, he will have to undergo an additional jail term of 30 months.
