A 19-year-old man from Dindori, Nashik, has been sentenced to life imprisonment and fined Rs 50,000 for sexually assaulting a girl less than three years old in June 2024. The offence occurred when the man saw the child playing in her house's veranda and took her to a farm to commit the crime. He faced charges under the Pocso Act.
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