Man gets 7-year RI for rape

Thane: A court here has sentenced a 26-year-old man to seven years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a tribal girl in 2016. Special court judge P P Jadhav held Ashirwad Vishnu Patil guilty under Indian Penal Code section 376 (rape) and relevant provisions the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, and awarded the sentence on Monday. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on him. “The victim is a poor tribal girl. She delivered a child out of rape. She has not been given compensation under any government scheme. “Under such circumstances, this is a fit case to be recommended for compensation,” the court said in its judgment. Prosecutor Vivek Kadu told the court that Patil and the girl were residents of the same village in Bhiwandi. (PTI)