Mangalore, Oct 6, 2013: A youth who has been convicted in the case of the rape of a 17 year old girl at Muchur in Mangalore taluk, has been sentenced to eight years of rigorous imprisonment by the Fourth Additional District and Sessions Court on October 5, Saturday. The court has also imposed a penalty of Rs 25000 on him.
The youth named Roopesh alias Roopesh Devadiga alias Prashanth (25) was earlier convicted by the court on October 1. He was arrested for raping a college student on December 10,2010 and threatening to kill her. As per the court’s order he will have to undergo two more years of imprisonment if he fails to pay the penalty amount.
The judgement was delivered by Judge BK Naik.
The case: The victim, then a second PUC student of a college near Kateel used to proceed to her college by a bus after supplying milk to a local dairy every morning. On December 10, 2010, she was returning in the evening after taking back the empty can when at around 4.15 pm, the accused waylaid her at Takarakodi and raped her in a forest area. Prashanth is a resident of Muchur and a labourer. Valentine D’Souza, the then Circle Inspector had submitted the charge sheet in the court.