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A tribunal successful Ongole connected Monday sentenced 2 men to beingness imprisonment for the rape and execution of a 21-year-old pistillate successful Bapatla territory successful June 2024, portion a 3rd accused was awarded a five-year jailhouse word for sheltering the offenders.
Second Additional District Judge P. Lalitha convicted Devarakonda Vijay (26) and Karanki Mahesh Babu alias Mahesh (24) nether Sections 376D (gang rape) and 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code and imposed a good of ₹20,000 connected each of them. The tribunal besides directed the authorities to wage ₹10 lakh compensation to the victim's household nether the unfortunate compensation scheme.
The 3rd accused Devarakonda Srikanth (24) was sentenced to 5 years' imprisonment and fined ₹2,000 nether Section 212 of the IPC for harbouring the offenders.
According to police, the transgression took spot connected the greeting of June 21, 2024, erstwhile the pistillate from Eepurupalem colony successful Chirala Rural constabulary presumption limits had gone retired adjacent her residence. The 2 accused allegedly dragged her to bushes adjacent the railway tracks down the Zilla Parishad Girls High School, sexually assaulted and murdered her earlier stealing her golden earrings.
Based connected a ailment lodged by the victim's mother, Chirala Rural constabulary registered a lawsuit and arrested the accused the pursuing day. Investigators completed the probe and filed a chargesheet wrong the stipulated period.
Bapatla Superintendent of Police (SP) B. Umamaheswar said the verdict reflected the territory police's “Operation Dandayan” inaugural aimed astatine ensuring swift probe and stringent punishment successful crimes against women and children.
