Coimbatore : The POCSO court here today sentenced a youth to undergo life imprisonment for sexually abusing a minor girl two years ago.

The prosecution case was that Sathishkumar, aged 27, hailing from a village near Gobichettipalayam in Erode distict, had abducted the 16-year old girl, in February, 2017 and taken to a lonely place and sexually assaulted, as the girl had spurned his love offer.

Case was going on in the POCSO Court and delivering the judgement, Judge Radhika awarded life imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs.2,000.

Sathishkumar is lodged in the Central Jail. .