Vadodara: A 69-year-old man was sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment by the additional district and sessions court on Thursday for raping a six-year-old girl in Dabhoi. Jamaal alias Jummadada Mirza, a resident of Dabhoi, was convicted under the POCSO Act and IPC sections 354 and 376. The court has also ordered Mirza to pay Rs 7.5 lakh to the rape survivor under the Gujarat Victim Compensation Scheme 2019.
Mirza was arrested in 2018 after the survivor’s ’s mother filed a complaint against him at Dabhoi.