A court in Maharashtra's Thane district has sentenced a man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl in 2018, reported news agency PTI.

Additional sessions judge D S Deshmukh found the accused, Prince Santosh Mishra, guilty of charges under the Indian Penal Code and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, reported PTI.

The Thane court, in an order dated July 3, also imposed a fine of Rs 20,000 on him, which is to be paid to the victim as compensation.