A court in Maharashtra's Thane district sentenced a man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for threatening and raping his 15-year-old sister on multiple occasions, reported news agency PTI.

Additional sessions judge P R Ashturkar of Kalyan court found the 32-year-old accused guilty of charges under sections 376(2) (rape) and 506(2) (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code for the offence that took place in 2015, reported PTI.

A copy of the order passed on July 2 was made available on Friday.