New Delhi: A 65-year-old man was sentenced to seven years in jail for trying to rape a minor girl by a Delhi court, which observed that the crime has affected the mind and soul of the victim for which no amount of compensation was sufficient.

"The crime of the convict has gone deep into the mind and soul of the victim for which no amount of imprisonment or compensation is sufficient," Additional Sessions Judge Sanjay Sharma said while sentencing Nanhe Khan to jail. The court, however, considered the convict's old age and poor health while awarding the jail term less than the minimum prescribed under section 376 (rape) of IPC.