Mysuru: The Mysuru POCSO Court has sentenced a 22-year-old youth to 10 years rigorous imprisonment besides imposing a penalty of Rs. 5,000 for raping a minor girl.
The youth who has been sentenced is Ashok, a resident of Bettadapura in Periyapatna taluk.
The youth, on May 25, 2017, had lured the minor girl to his house and had raped her and a case was registered at Bettadapura Police Station. The Police, who had conducted an investigation, had submitted a chargesheet to the Court.
Judge B.S. Jayashree, who heard the arguments from both the sides, found the accused guilty of the crime and pronounced the judgement.
This post was published on November 4, 2018 6:29 pm