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Sexual harassment of minor: POCSO Court sentences man to 7 years RI
Sexual harassment of minor: POCSO Court sentences man to 7 years RI
Mangalore Today News Network
Mangaluru, Aug 15, 2022: The POCSO Court in Mangaluru has sentenced a man from the city to seven years of imprisonment in a case of sexual harassment of a minor girl belonging to the scheduled caste.
The incident had occurred on December 4, 2014 when the convict Sudharker Poojary had lured the girl and had taken her to Mysuru, tied a mangalasutra to her at Pandavapura Basavanagudi temple and stayed there at a rented house where he sexually exploited her.
The court has now convicted him. Apart from seven years of rigorous imprisonment, he has been imposed five years of imrisonment for kindapping the girl. The court has also directed the convict to pay compensation to the victim.
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