A POCSO court today awarded life imprisonment to a 20-year-old man for raping his minor sister, despite the victim turning hostile. The court of Additional Sessions Judge MA Baraliya convicted the man, based on evidence submitted by the prosecution and statements of witnesses.

According to the complaint registered at Wadala TT police station on March 18, 2014, the man had sexually assaulted his sister for the first time when she was 13. He committed the crime on multiple occasions whenever he found the victim alone at home.
While deposing before the court, the victim said she had gone to the police station with one Manisha Patil (Parale), a social worker from her school.