Thane: A Maharashtra court has been granted 10-years rigorous imprisonment to a 26-year-old man for raping a minor girl here. Special Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) court Judge P P Jadhav also imposed a fine of Rs 28,000 on the accused, Mohammad Mansur Aalam Ansari, in his order issued Monday. He pronounced the accused guilty under the Indian Penal Code Sections 376 (rape) and 506 (2) (criminal intimidation), and relevant provisions of the POCSO Act. 

The accused used to come to have lunch at an eatery run by the 14-year-old victim's mother at her house in Mumbra area, the prosecution told the court. From June to December 2014, the girl managed the eatery as her mother was sick at that time.