Karnataka man gets 4-year jail for raping 14-year-old girl

Mangalore | Saturday | 1st September, 2018

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These punishments are to be served simultaneously.Of the Rs 25,000 fine, Rs 15,000 shall be handed over to the victim. She is also entitled for compensation from the District Legal Services Authority.Public prosecutor C Venkataramana Swami represented the victim. Later, Karkera convinced the girl that he would take her over to a relative’s house in Krishnapura near Surathkal, but drove her to his house in Kateel instead. On December 14, 2013, he met her on the pretext of buying her clothes and a mobile phone, and drove her to various places, including Surathkal and Tanneerbhavi beach. MANGALURU: The Second Additional District and Sessions Court on Saturday awarded four years jail term and Rs 25,000 fine for a person convicted of sexually assaulting a minor.Yathish Karkera, 22, a resident of Mittabail in Kateel got acquainted with the victim, then 14 years old, over phone..