L B Nagar Metropolitan Sessions Judge Sunita Kunchala on Wednesday convicted the 50-year-old accused, Padi Krishna, an electrician by profession, for kidnapping and raping the baby.
The court awarded life imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 2,000 on him for the rape. It also sentenced him to seven years jail for kidnapping the baby. Both the sentences will run concurrently.
A complaint had been lodged on November 22, 2015 with Hayathnagar police stating that the baby girl (complainant's niece) had disappeared from the house on the night of November 20, Inspector J Narender Goud said in a release.
The complainant took the baby from him and found that she had suffered injuries. She was then taken to a hospital, where the doctors declared that the child had been sexually abused, police said.
Based on the complaint, a case was registered and Krishna was subsequently arrested, they said.