Pune: A 24-year-old farmer has been sentenced to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a five-year-old girl in 2019. The youth was aware that he was HIV-positive, observed the court of special judge (Pocso Act) Sucheta M Takalikar on Thursday.
Kanwardeep Singh is a journalist at TOI. He focuses on crime against women, health, and wildlife, with a particular emphasis on crime and justice, the judicial system, and legal affairs. His work has been featured in the Cureus Journal of Medical Science and multiple articles in The Economic Times.



