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The Additional District and Sessions (Special) FTSC-1 Court successful Kalaburagi has sentenced a 45-year-old antheral to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for repeatedly raping his insignificant stepdaughter.
The tribunal besides imposed a good of ₹25,000 connected the convict.
The convict has been identified arsenic Harishchandra, a nonmigratory of Ambedkar Ashraya Colony other Ranesh Peer Dargah successful Kalaburagi. He worked arsenic a regular wage worker.
According to the lawsuit presented by Special Public Prosecutor Shanthaveera B. Thuppad, the victim’s parent utilized to question to antithetic towns for concern and would often instrumentality location late.
Taking vantage of her absence, Harishchandra would attack the 13-year-old insignificant miss erstwhile nary 1 other was astatine home, unit himself upon her and sexually battle her. Despite the unfortunate protesting and expressing her distress, the convict assaulted her 5 oregon six times nether intimidation.
“The substance came to airy connected the nighttime of June 14, 2025 erstwhile the victim’s parent recovered Harishchandra and her girl successful a compromising position. When questioned by her mother, the insignificant miss revealed that Harishchandra had been repeatedly raping her erstwhile her parent was distant oregon dormant precocious astatine night,” Mr. Tuppad said and added that the convict had threatened to bushed and termination some the unfortunate and her parent if these assaults were ever disclosed to anyone.
Following a ailment by the victim’s mother, a lawsuit was registered astatine Suburban Police Station and a elaborate probe was carried retired by Police Inspector Santosh L. Tattepalli, who, upon completion of the investigation, filed a charge-sheet successful the tribunal nether Section 64(2)(m) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) on with Sections 4, 6, and 8 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
Police personnel, including constables Prabhuraj and Brahmanand and Head Constable Amruthrao, ensured the timely accumulation of witnesses during the trial.
Mr. Thuppad argued the lawsuit connected behalf of the government. After proceeding some sides and examining witnesses and evidence, presiding justice S.L. Chavan recovered the accused blameworthy nether Section 6 of the POCSO Act and assorted sections of BNS and sentenced him to 20 years rigorous imprisonment and imposed a good of ₹25,000 connected him.
The tribunal said that the convict’s nonaccomplishment to wage the good volition effect successful an further six months of elemental imprisonment.
The justice besides directed the Legal Services Authority to supply ₹5,00,000 arsenic unfortunate compensation to the insignificant girl. The tribunal mandated that this compensation magnitude indispensable beryllium disbursed to the unfortunate wrong a play of 1 period from the day of the judgment.
