Silvester D’Souza
Daijiworld Media Network – Kundapur (EP)
Kundapur, Jan 29: Kundapur district and additional sessions Justice Narahari Prabhakar Marate has announced the quantum of punishment for the accused who had raped a girl for several years by making false promises of marriage.
Back in 2005, the accused Pradeep Naik (36), resident of Konjadi, near Ardi, had come for masonry work at the house of the victim. He had built a relationship with the then 15-year-old victim by assuring her that he will soon marry her. On these grounds, the accused, for nine years raped her by continuing to make promises of marriage. However, he denied to actually get married when the victim insisted on it.
The court now in its ruling has sentenced Pradeep to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for rape under IPC section 376 and slapped a fine of Rs 50,000 for illegally entering the house. The sentencing is imprisonment of every year that the accused cheated the victim. The accused has been also ordered to pay Rs 5,000 each under IPC section 448 and 417 for cheating.
The court has ordered that out of the total fine of Rs 60,000, accused has to pay Rs 50,000 to the victim as compensation.