Mangaluru: 21-year-old rickshaw driver sentenced to 20 years’ RI for rape, impregnation of minor
Mangaluru: The Additional District and Sessions Court has sentenced a youngster found guilty of raping and impregnating a minor girl after promising to marry her to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI).
Fast Track Special Court Judge Manu KS who heard the case on Tuesday sentenced the accused Nagaraj Shivappaduragannavar (21), a native of Bagalkot working as an auto rickshaw driver in Mangaluru.
The accused allegedly used to visit the girl at her house often as their mothers were associates. He is learned to have also taken the girl to his rented house in Attavar between February 25 and March 13, 2025, and raped her multiple times there, as a result of which, the girl turned pregnant.
A complaint was filed in this regard with the Women Police Station.
The judge sentenced Shivappaduragannavar to 20 years of RI under POCSO Act Section 6 along with a fine of Rs 40,000. If the accused fails to pay the fine, he would be required to undergo four additional months of imprisonment and, as per BNS Section 69, 5 years of imprisonment as well as pay a fine of Rs 10,000. The judge added that, in case the accused fails to pay the fine, he would be retained in prison for one month additionally.
He directed the District Legal Services Authority to hand over the fine amount paid by the accused along with Rs 6.5 lakh as relief to the victim.
Women Police Station officer Balakrishna HN investigated the case and submitted the charge-sheet before the court.
POCSO Special Government Prosecutor Sahana Devi Boloor represented the government in court.
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Online fraud: Hotel chef from Udupi cheated of over Rs 1 lakh by WhatsApp contact
Udupi: Udupi City Police have registered a case of online fraud after a 62-year-old hotel chef was allegedly cheated of Rs 1.13 lakh by a woman who befriended him on WhatsApp, claiming to be based in London.
The victim, identified as Pandu Kariappa Poojary, a resident of Kuthpadi in Udupi, was working at a hotel in Mangaluru.
He reportedly came into contact with a woman identifying herself as Emilda William on WhatsApp. During their interactions, she told Poojary that she planned to start a cosmetics and hotel business in India and would meet him during a visit to Mangaluru.
On April 7, Emilda sent Poojary a flight ticket from London to Delhi via WhatsApp. The following day, Poojary received a phone call from a woman who informed him that Emilda had arrived at Delhi airport carrying a demand draft worth Rs 5 crore along with other items. The caller allegedly asked him to pay Rs 70,000.
Subsequently, Poojary also received a call from Emilda, who was reportedly crying and spoke about the situation. Believing the claims, he transferred a total of Rs 1,13,300 in phases using a scanner. He later realised that he had been cheated.
