The court found the accused guilty in April (Image generated using AI). A special court in Pune last month sentenced a 46-year-old man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for repeatedly sexually assaulting two minor girls, the daughters of his sister-in-law. The case dates back to January 2020, when the victims’ mother moved into her stepsister’s house in a village near Pune after having a dispute with her husband. Initially, the stepsister and her husband offered financial and emotional support, but over the following months, the situation took a dark turn. By November 2020, the mother noticed her daughters, aged 12 and 13, had become withdrawn and visibly distressed. Her suspicions deepened when she realised one of her daughters had missed her menstrual cycle. During the Diwali festival, the mother asked her sister to speak with the girls in confidence.…