A local court awarded seven years' rigorous imprisonment to a 24-year-old man from Wada taluka here for kidnapping and sexually assaulting his minor cousin. District judge P P Jadhav convicted the man under IPC sections 363 (kidnapping) and 366A (procuration of minor girl) and the Protection of Children From Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act section 4 (punishment for penetrative sexual assault). A fine of Rs 9,000 was also imposed on him. Prosecutor Vinit Kulkarni told the court that on November 23, 2015, the girl, then aged 17 and studying in class 10, went to school but did not return home.

 
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