Udupi: Man gets 10-year RI for sexually harassing, robbing elderly woman
Udupi, Dec 2: The Udupi district and sessions court has sentenced a 30-year-old man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for sexually harassing an 80-year-old woman and robbing her of 'mangalsutra', ear-rings, and cash.
Irfan (30), a native of Shivamogga, was convicted and fined Rs 50,000 by judge Dinesh Hegde.
The elderly woman from Tamil Nadu was living in Udupi city for the last 40 years. She used to pick scrap and sell it to the scrap dealer for a living and used to sleep in the vicinity of Sri Krishna mutt.
Irfan, working in a nearby chicken shop, sexually harassed the woman and robbed her of her gold ornaments and cash in June 2017, and escaped.
The woman was admitted to Udupi district hospital. Personnel from the women's police station took her statement and registered a case.
Irfan was taken into custody under body warrant from Bengaluru where he was jailed in connection with a murder case. The charge sheet was filed in the court in 2018.
The court started the hearing in April 2022. A total of 18 witnesses deposed before the court, which found him guilty.
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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets
Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.
Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.
Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.
Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.
MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.
MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.
Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).
