Puttur: Man gets 20 years’ jail for raping minor girl

Mangalore Today News Network

Puttur, Oct 29, 2026: A 32-year-old man has been sentenced to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for abducting and raping a minor girl and threatening her in a case registered at Kadaba police station in 2018.

The convict, Ravi alias Ravindra Acharya (32), a resident of Nelyadi in Puttur, was booked in Kadaba police station case No. 208/2018 under Sections 376(2)(i) and 506 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Sections 5(l), 6 and 12 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

D. Manjunath, the then police circle inspector of Uppinangady, investigated the case and filed a charge sheet against the accused.

The case was heard by Judge Sumangala of the 7th Additional District and Sessions Court, Mangaluru, functioning at Puttur. After finding the charges proved, the court pronounced the sentence.

The court sentenced Acharya to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 for the offence under Section 5(l), read with Section 6 of the POCSO Act, 2012. In default of payment, he will have to undergo an additional year of rigorous imprisonment.

For the offence under Section 506 of the IPC, the court sentenced him to one year of rigorous imprisonment and imposed another fine of Rs 25,000. Failure to pay this fine will attract an additional year of rigorous imprisonment.

The court ordered that the sentences run concurrently.

Public prosecutor Pushparaj Adantaya represented the prosecution.