Updated On: 07 August, 2022 02:24 PM IST | Balasore | PTI
The girl’s mother had lodged an FIR with police against Dinesh. He was arrested and tried under different Sections of the POCSO Act

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A Special POCSO Court in Odisha`s Balasore district sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a 13-year-old girl.
POCSO Court Judge, Balasore, Ranjan Kumar Sutar on Saturday convicted Dinesh Marandi (22) of village Panpana under the Khantapara police station for sexually assaulting the girl of same village on January 15, 2021.