Man sentenced to 20-year jail term for sexually assaulting minor girl in Manchal

After the trial, the IX ADJ cum Special POCSO court at LB Nagar sentenced him for a 20 years jail term.

Hyderabad: The POCSO court sentenced a man to 20 years imprisonment for sexually assaulting a minor girl at Manchal.

According to the police, in February 2016 Dusari Raju alias Katam Raju (24), a resident of Manchal, lured a girl aged about four years to a house and sexually assaulted her.

On coming to know about it, the mother of the child lodged a complaint and police booked a case under Section 376 of IPC and POCSO  Act against Raju. He was arrested and remanded.

After the trial, the IX ADJ cum Special POCSO court at LB Nagar sentenced him for a 20 years jail term. The case was investigated by M Gangadhar who was SHO Manchal and is now DSP CID.