Mangaluru Court sentences Bantwal man to ten year imprisonment for raping minor
Mangaluru: A Special POCSO Court (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) on Tuesday sentenced a man to ten year imprisonment after finding him guilty of raping a minor girl several time between 2014 and 2015.
The accused identified as Santosh (34), a resident of Bantwal who was working as a driver had in 2014 befriended a minor girl and had raped her. He had also threatened the girl of not revealing the crime to anybody or that he will spoil her name.
On this pretext the accused then repeatedly called the victim to meet him and raped her several times and impregnated the minor girl. The girl, after delivering a baby girl in 2015 had filed a complaint at Bantwal Town Police Station.
B R Pallavi, had ordered DNA test of child, victim and the accused which turned out that Santosh was the father of the kid. This proved to be the deciding factor in the case and the sentenced was pronounced on Tuesday. Santosh has also been asked to pay a fine of 10,000 Rupees of which 7500 will be given to the victim.
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Karnataka School Edu Dept prohibits children from being made to dance to obscene songs
Bengaluru (PTI): The Karnataka School Education Department has issued a circular strictly prohibiting children from being made to dance to obscene songs in educational and cultural programmes.
It stated that such dances would negatively impact students' mental health and moral values. It will create indiscipline and harm the sanctity of education.
"All the Deputy Directors (Administration) of the state's School Education Department have been asked to take strict measures to prevent children or students from dancing to obscene songs in all government, aided and unaided schools in the state," the office of the commissioner of the School Education Department said in a recent circular.
"If it is found that children are being made to dance to obscene songs, appropriate action will be taken against the headmaster or management of such school," it added.
The department also listed certain measures in this regard, which include: strictly prohibiting children from being made to dance to obscene songs during educational and cultural programmes; selecting songs that are inspiring, positive, instilling national pride in children and reflecting the greatness, dignity, values, culture, and morality of the state.
Stating that the school headmaster and management are responsible for selecting songs and dances for cultural programmes, it said, they should also ensure that students wear decent clothes in dance or cultural programmes.
