Rape attempt: man gets 12-and-a-half-year jail term

The Additional Sessions Court present has sentenced a antheral to 12-and-a-half years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) for attempting to rape a pistillate successful 2017.

Additional Sessions Judge Shibu M.P. sentenced Arun Dev J. of Medical College, Pattom, to 5 years of rigorous imprisonment for attempting rape, 5 years of imprisonment for trespassing, 2 years of RI for battle oregon usage of transgression unit with the intent of outraging the modesty of a woman, and different six months for voluntarily causing hurt.

The justice besides imposed a good of ₹51,000 connected the accused. In lawsuit of default of outgo of fine, the accused would person to acquisition further imprisonment.

The prosecution had argued that the accused, a driver, had been contacted by the hubby of the pistillate successful 2015 to instrumentality her to Ernakulam. However, the accused past started sending her obscene messages, calling and threatening to rape her, and pursuing her home. He adjacent forced her into an autorickshaw erstwhile and took her to a location adjacent Medical College, threatened her, and past dropped her off.

In 2017, erstwhile the woman’s 2 children had gone retired to play successful the evening, the accused forcibly entered her house, slapped her, disrobed her, and attempted to rape her. However, arsenic her children returned unexpectedly, the accused jumped implicit the compound partition and fled.

The accused contended that helium had a consensual narration with the pistillate and that they had stayed unneurotic connected galore occasions.

The prosecution, represented by peculiar nationalist authoritative Ajith Prasad J.K., argued that determination was nary grounds earlier the tribunal to substantiate the accused’s claims of a narration with the woman.

After analysing the evidence, the Judge concluded that accused was guilty.

The sentences of imprisonment would tally concurrently.

The Judge besides ruled that if the good magnitude was paid by the accused, ₹25,000 would beryllium fixed to the pistillate arsenic compensation.