MYSURU: Sending a strong message against liars with regard to legal matters, a city court has ordered action against a rape survivor after sentencing a man to seven years' rigorous imprisonment for impregnating a minor girl.The man had married the victim after the death of their baby. The victim later tried to turn hostile by telling the court that she has not lodged any complaint against the accused. "The court has also directed to bring the headmistress of Horalli Government School in Nanjangud to book for creating fake records to claim that the victim was a major," said public prosecutor Mahanthappa.Mahadevaswamy, 31, a resident of Horalli, had impregnated his relative in 2012. After Mahadevaswamy refused to marry the girl, her parents lodged a complaint against him. He went underground for eight months, after which police arrested him. But by then, Mahadevaswamy had married the survivor. He had tied the knot two months after the their baby died. Police had preserved bones of the baby to match the DNA with the accused. According to Mahanthappa, Mahadevaswamy's DNA matched with that of the baby.Meanwhile, the headmistress of the school, where the victim studied, submitted a fake certificate claiming that the girl was a major. Though the girl was aged 15 years, 11 months and 25 days, the school certificate claimed she was 16.. The certificate was produced in court, and during cross-examination, it came to light that the girl was a minor at the time of incident.

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