MANGALURU: A man was sentenced to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for impregnating a minor girl.
Additional district and sessions judge FTSC-II judge K M Radhakrishna sentenced Vamana Poojari, 56, a resident of the city, with rigorous imprisonment and imposed a penalty of Rs 30,000.
The accused had raped the 16-year-old girl when she was alone at her house in September 2016. He had also threatened to kill her if she disclosed it to others and also continued to sexually assault her on several occasions later. As a result, the survivor conceived, and she gave birth to a baby girl on March 29, 2017.
The Mangaluru city police registered a case and the DNA test conducted on Poojari confirmed him as the biological father of the baby.
The convict was sentenced to rigorous imprisonment and penalty under Section 6 of the Pocso Act. He will have to undergo two months of simple imprisonment in case of failure to pay the penalty. The court also awarded him one year of simple imprisonment under Section 506 for issuing life threat.
Meanwhile, the court directed the government to sanction Rs 4 lakh as compensation to the survivor. Special public prosecutor C Venkataramana Swamy argued on behalf of the government.
