Mangaluru: 26-year-old man gets 7 years jail for raping married woman

Mangaluru, Apr 16: A local court has sent a 26-year-old man to seven years of imprisonment for sexually assaulting a married woman after entering her house under the pretext of asking water at a village in Belthangady taluk of Dakshina Kannada district.

Judge D.T. Puttarangaswamy of the Sixth Additional District and Sessions Court while sentencing Iqbal to seven years on Friday directed him to pay a penalty of Rs. 10,000. He was also sentenced to six months imprisonment for criminal intimidation and three months imprisonment for trespass. All the sentences will run concurrently, the Judge said.

On Wednesday, the judge had convicted Iqbal for the offences under Sections 376 , 448 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code.

The judge said of the fine amount Rs. 10,000, Rs. 8,000 should be paid to the victim. In addition, the judge directed the District Legal Services Authority to pay compensation as per the Karnataka Victim Compensation Scheme.

According to the charge sheet registered by the Belthangady police, Iqbal came to the house of the 32-year-old woman around noon on May 27, 2014 after her husband had left for work.

He asked for her husband and then demanded a glass of water. As she went inside, Iqbal entered the house and then sexually assaulted her. He also threatened of her life if she reports about the incident.

The woman called her husband and informed him about the assault. The couple went to the Belthangady police station and lodged a complaint around 3 p.m. The police then arrested Iqbal.

Police Inspector Belliyappa filed the charg sheet. Prosecutor Judith O.M. Crasta examined 13 witnesses including the victim, who gave details of the incident and also of trauma she had undergone since the assault.