A court in Delhi has sentenced a 59-year-old man to rigorous imprisonment for seven years for raping his minor step-granddaughter, news agency PTI reported.

Additional sessions judge Ankit Mehta convicted the man on charges of disrobing, outraging a woman's modesty, causing hurt and criminal intimidation along with Section 10 (aggravated sexual assault) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

Public prosecutor Vineet Dahiya said the convict did not deserve any leniency as he sexually assaulted and harassed the 10-year-old girl for over eight months, causing her immense mental trauma.