Mumbai: Stepfather gets 10-year jail for sexual assault of minor

A special court under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, has sentenced a man to 10 years in prison for sexually assaulting his 11-year-old stepdaughter in Mumbai.

A special court under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, has sentenced man to 10 years in prison for sexually assaulting his 11-year-old stepdaughter in Mumbai. The victim was sexually assaulted by her stepfather when her mother was hospitalised in Mumbai. The victim, who lived on a Mumbai footpath, had lost her father when she was very young. Her worked as a sweeper and was the lone breadwinner of the house. A few years after her husband's death, the woman married the accused, who was unemployed.