Odisha: Man gets 20 years RI for raping elderly woman

• A POCSO court in Mayurbhanj district, Odisha, sentenced a man to 20 years' rigorous imprisonment.
• The conviction is for raping a 63-year-old woman in 2022.
• POCSO Court Judge Santosh Kumar Nayak also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on the convict.
• The court directed the District Legal Services Authority to pay Rs 2 lakh compensation to the victim.
• The incident occurred on September 2, 2022, in the Morada police station area, where the woman was dragged into a bush and raped while returning from a funeral.

Why It Matters: Odisha court delivers justice, sentencing man to 20 years RI for elderly woman's rape.