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Shivamogga Additional District and Sessions Court convicted a 23-year-old idiosyncratic from Shiralakoppa successful Shikaripur taluk for sexually harassing a insignificant miss and sentenced him to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment, too a punishment of ₹1 lakh.
The accused sexually harassed the insignificant girl, assuring her that helium would wed her. The Shiralakoppa constabulary registered the lawsuit nether the POCSO Act, too the SC-ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
Deputy SP of Shikaripur, Keshava K.V. conducted the probe and filed the complaint sheet. Sridhar, nationalist prosecutor, represented the prosecution during the hearing. The archetypal further territory and sessions justice passed the judgement connected March 10, sentencing the accused to 20 years of imprisonment and slapping a punishment of ₹1 lakh.
Further, the justice ordered the authorities to wage a compensation of ₹4 lakh to the subsister successful the case, said a property merchandise issued by the Shivamogga territory police.
