A Jashore court on Thursday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for raping a schoolgirl in Abhaynagar upazila of Jashore in 2020.

Judge Golam Kabir of Jashore's Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-1 passed the order, said Public Prosecutor Abdul Latif.

The court also fined Tk 50,000 to the convict, Shamim Hasan, a resident of Bashuari village in the upazila.

He will have to serve three more months in prison if he fails to pay the fine, Abdul Latif said.

The rape incident took place on August 18, 2020, and the victim filed the case the same day.

After investigating the case, law enforcers submitted a charge sheet to the court against Shamim Hasan.