Udupi: Stepfather of a minor girl was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Udupi district additional and sessions court for sexual assault under the provisions of POCSO Act. Rape Case: Step father raping minor girl in Udupi.
Ganesh Nayak (49), the convict was the stepfather to an aggrieved minor girl following his second marriage to her mother. The convict was living with his wife and the minor girl together. In October 2021, when the girl’s mother had gone out of town, the convict had served juice to the girl which was mixed with a dose of medicine and then forced himself on her sexually.
When the girl’s mother returned three months later, she found her daughter to be pregnant. When she confronted the girl, the mother came to know that Nayak was responsible for it. The girl’s mother filed a complaint with the Kundapura police on January 22, 2022 and a case was registered. Investigations were conducted by circle inspector Gopikrishna K R who also submitted a chargesheet against the accused to the court.
The court heard 10 witnesses out of 33. Based on the evidence provided by the aggrieved minor girl, circumstantial evidence and the DNA report, Justice Srinivasa Suvarna delivered the judgment and declared Nayak as a convict.
Meanwhile , an interesting fact is that the number of rape cases registered under IPC section every year in the state for the last five years is 500 . Before five years, more than one thousand rape cases were coming to light in the state every year . The POCSO Act is the main reason for the decline in cases over the past five years . Criminal cases against minors are being registered under the POCSO Act . Thus , the number of rape cases registered under the IPC section is less .
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