Kota, Jul 23: A special POCSO court here today sentenced a 45-year-old man to life imprisonment for raping a seven-year-old girl. A special judge of POSCO court Girish Kumar Aggarwal convicted Jugdish Singh Rajput alias Tillu, a resident of Kaithunipole area, said Special Public Prosecutor (SPP), Kamal Kant Sharma.

The court also imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh, he said. The man raped the girl on July 7, 2014, while she was returning home from her tuition in the evening, the SPP said.

The matter came to light when the victim narrated the incident to her parents following which a case was lodged in Kaithunipole police station. The man was arrested under Sections 376 (rape), 363 (punishment for kidnapping) and 366 (kidnapping, abduction) of the IPC and provisions of the POCSO Act, Sharma said.