Pathanamthitta: A special POCSO court has sentenced a 45-year-old man in Kerala to 107 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) along with a fine of Rs 4 lakhs for raping his 13-year-old differently-abled daughter, officials said. The Pathanamthitta POCSO court directed the convict to undergo an additional five years of imprisonment if he failed to pay the fine.
The court upheld the prosecution charges and convicted the accused under various sections of the IPC, POCSO Act and Juvenile Justice Act. The fine amount will be awarded to the victim as compensation. The prosecution said that the accused repeatedly sexually assaulted his daughter who was staying with him at Kumbazha in the Pathanamthitta district in 2020.
