The district court in Maharashtra's Thane relied on the deposition of prosecution witnesses and medical evidence to convict a 42-year-old man for raping his 18-year-old niece, even though she turned hostile, and sentenced him to rigorous imprisonment for ten years.

District and sessions court judge Rachna Tehra also imposed a fine of Rs 6,000 on the man after convicting him under sections 376 (Punishment for rape) and 354 (Assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the prosecution said.