Mangaluru, June 14: The additional district and sessions judge FTSC-II (Pocso) KM Radhakrishna has sentenced two persons to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) for kidnapping and raping a minor girl.
The convicts are Sachin Santhosh Naik,22, from Kavalagadde and Praveen Jayapal Naik,33, from Hattikere.
Special public prosecutor Venkataramana Swamy said, “On April 12, 2022, at 12.45pm, the survivor who was 16 then, was waiting to book a ticket to Haryana at the Central Railway Station in Mangaluru, the accused arrived and started a conversation with her, and said that they would get her a ticket.
They went to the ticket counter and pretended to buy a ticket, but came back and said that the ticket was not available. They claimed that a ticket would be available from Karwar, and convinced her to travel to Karwar.
They took the girl to the house of Praveen Jayapal and sexually assaulted her. On April 13, she was taken to a lodge in Karwar, and was assaulted again. On April 14, they dropped her back at the Mangaluru railway station. The police who noticed her, on suspicion, questioned her and she revealed the entire incident. The railway police were quick to arrest the accused.”
Inspector Mohan Kottari conducted an investigation and filed the chargesheet. Under Section 6 of the Pocso Act, both the accused were sentenced to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment, and charged a fine of Rs 50,000 each.
Under IPC section 366, they will undergo 10 years of rigorous imprisonment each, and pay a fine of Rs 30,000. The court has directed the district Legal Services Authority to provide a compensation of Rs 5 lakh to the survivor. Of the fine amount, Rs 1 lakh should be provided immediately for her education. The remaining amount should be kept as a deposit, the order said.
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