Mangaluru: Man gets 10 years rigorous imprisonment for raping niece

Mangalore | Friday | 22nd February, 2019

Summary:

The next day, his wife went to women’s police station in Pandeshwar and filed a complaint under 376 IPC and Pocso Act. Medical examination and investigation reports by police proved him guilty of sexual assault.The special court judge B R Pallavi convicted him under IPC 376 and Pocso Act section (6). The court also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000, of which Rs 9,000 will be paid to the victim. Around midnight on May 2, he had sexually assaulted the minor, and his wife had seen the act. The 12-year-old victim, who had come to the city for summer vacation, was staying at her uncle Chandrakantha’s house..