The fast-track Special Court for Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act sentenced a man to double life imprisonment for sexually abusing a minor girl in Wayanad on December 4.
Special court judge K.R. Sunil Kumar found the accused, a relative of the girl, guilty in a case registered in 2019.
The accused was also ordered to pay a penalty of ₹5.10 lakh, apart from undergoing 65 years of imprisonment.
According to the prosecution case, accused had sexually abused the minor on various occasions from 2016 to 2019.
Special public prosecutor G. Babitha appeared for the prosecution.
