Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (MS)
Mangaluru, Jul 30: Additional sessions and FTSC (2) POCSO court sentenced a man who sexually assaulted his own daughter to 10 years in prison.
Ismail (47), resident of Bantwal is the man who is convicted for the heinous crime. A case on Ismail was filed in 2019 under POCSO act.
Justice K M Radhakrishna who conducted the inquiry upheld the accusation and sentenced the accused to 10 years in prison and fined him Rs 20,000. If the convict fails to pay the fine, he has to undergo one month of simple prison sentence.
The then probationary DySP, acting CI of Beltangady Govindaraju B had filed the chargesheet after investigation into the case. Special public prosecutor Venkatramana Swamy C had argued for the prosecution.