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Maharashtra: Man gets 20 years in jail for raping 15-year-old girl in Navi Mumbai
Updated On: 31 May, 2026 04:07 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
The accused had pulled the victim, a Class 10 student, from a common water tap into his house and allegedly raped her twice. As per the prosecution, he put a speaker on full volume to drown out her screams. After she got pregnant, her kin got a case registered in December 2019

The court of Additional Sessions Judge Parag Sane in Belapur found the accused guilty of the crime. Representational Pic/File
A 24-year-old man was sentenced to 20 years in jail for raping a 15-year-old girl in Maharashtra's Navi Mumbai, reported the PTI.
The court of Additional Sessions Judge Parag Sane in Belapur found the accused identified as Govindkumar Harilal Nirmal (24), a vada-pav stall labourer, guilty under IPC Section 376 (3) and multiple provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the news agency reported.
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