The High Court of Karnataka on Tuesday refused to quash the chargesheet filed against a 45-year-old advocate from Mangaluru for allegedly raping a 21-year-old student of second-year law course, who was working as an intern in his office during 2021.
Justice M. Nagaprasanna passed the order while dismissing the petition filed by Rajesh K.S.N. of Mangaluru. The police had filed the chargesheet against him for a series of offences under the Indian Penal Code.
The offences include outraging the modesty of the victim, sexual harassment, criminal force with an intent to disrobe her, voyeurism, stalking, criminal intimidation, extortion, destruction of evidence, giving false information on the incident, and raping the victim being her teacher, a person in a position of trust or authority and dominance on her, and having a fiduciary relationship with her.
