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Maha: Man from Kolhapur gets imprisonment unto death for raping his close releative's minor daughter

Kolhapur, Sep 29 (UNI) The District and Sessions Court here today sentenced a man to imprisonment unto death along with a fine of Rs 1,000for sexually assaulting and impregnting his close relative's minor daughter for two consecutive years from the calendar year 2020 in Karveer tehsil of the district.
According to public prosecutor Ms Amita Kulkarni, accused Sagar Dinkar Sasane, resident of Gad-Mudshingi village in Karveer tehsil of the district, sexually assaulted a 12 year-old girl, who was also his close relative, for two years in a row from 2020. Consequently, the girl became pregnant.This was disclosed in a survey of a Child Care Centre's team, which later informed police, who arrested accused after investigation.
Ms Kulkarni said that after examining total 14 witnesses, Additional Sessions Judge (4) A I Perampalli relied on the girl's video recorded statement even though she turned hostile in the court, and sentenced Sasane toimprisonment unto death under sections 376, 376-(2), (F,H,I,N), 504 of Indian Penal Code as well as sections 4,6,8,12 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.
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