Man sentenced to ten years jail for raping minor

Mysuru: The city’s Special POCSO Court has sentenced a man to ten years rigorous imprisonment and has imposed a fine of Rs.30,000 for raping a minor girl.

The man, who was sentenced, is 35-year-old Kumar, a resident of Hale Varanchi in Hunsur. He had raped a 13-year-old girl resulting in the minor girl giving birth to a child.

Hunsur Rural Police, who had registered a case in this regard, had arrested the accused and had submitted a charge-sheet against the accused to the Court.

Judge B.S. Jayashree, who heard the arguments, found the accused guilty and pronounced the above judgment.

Special Public Prosecutor B.C. Shivarudraswamy argued for the Government.

This post was published on April 11, 2019 7:39 pm