Udupi: Man gets 10-year jail term for sexually harassing minor
Udupi, May 13: A fast track special court (FTSC) for POCSO cases coming under Udupi district additional and sessions court has sentenced a man to 10 years imprisonment for sexually harassing a six-year old girl.
The verdict was delivered by Judge Ermalu Kalpana.
The court imposed a fine of Rs 20,000 on the convicted person, identified as Santhosh K (35).
Of the fine amount, Rs 15,000 was directed to be handed over to the victim and the remaining Rs 5,000 to the government.
The court also ordered the payment of Rs One lakh by the legal services authority as compensation to the victim.
Santhosh was the owner of the house where the minor and her parents lived as tenants.
The incident occurred in February 2019 in Karkala police station limits.
Karkala police, who investigated the case, had submitted the charge sheet to the court.
In all, ten witnesses were questioned in the court.
The special public prosecutor of Udupi POCSO court Y T Raghavendra appeared for the prosecution.
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UP Cong chief Ajay Rai hospitalised after fainting, stable
Lucknow (PTI): Uttar Pradesh Congress president Ajay Rai was hospitalised here after he fell unconscious due to low sodium levels, party leaders said on Saturday.
They said he was admitted to Medanta Hospital on Friday evening and is stable.
"Ajay Rai was admitted to Medanta Hospital in Lucknow at around 6 pm on Friday after he fell unconscious as his sodium levels had dropped. He fell unconscious at his residence in Lucknow. For the entire day, he was engaged in party programmes and had also gone to the airport," Uttar Pradesh Congress spokesperson Anshu Awasthi told PTI.
Congress in-charge of Uttar Pradesh Avinash Pande told PTI, "Now, he (Ajay Rai) is stable and I am also reaching Lucknow."
Medanta Hospital Director Dr Rakesh Kapoor told PTI that Rai collapsed at his home on Friday evening and was subsequently admitted to the hospital's emergency ward.
Medical examinations revealed that Rai was suffering from a sodium deficiency and elevated blood pressure. Doctors administered immediate treatment and he is doing significantly better now, Kapoor said.
A team of doctors is monitoring his health. Rai is conversing with others and his condition is stable, he added.
In a post on X late Friday night, Prime Minister Narendra Modi wished Rai a speedy recovery.
Rai hails from Varanasi and had contested the 2024 Lok Sabha elections against Modi from the parliamentary constituency. The Congress appointed him as the Uttar Pradesh unit chief in 2023.
