Mangalore:The Fourth Additional District and Sessions Court has sentenced a youth convicted of raping a 17 year old girl, to eight years of rigorous imprisonment apart from a penalty of Rs 25000. He will have to undergo an additional two years of RI in case he fails to pay the penalty.
The court had convicted the youth in its judgement recently,but had pronounced the quantum of punishment on October 5, Saturday.The convict is Roopesh alias Roopesh Devadiga alias Prashanth (25). The incident had taken place on December 10, 2010. The victim was then 17 years old and used to daily attend college near Kateel after supplying milk in a can to a local dairy every morning. She used to take back the empty can in the evening before returning home. On that fateful day when she was on way home, Roopesh, a coolie by profession had intercepted her, forcibly taken her to a nearby forest and had outraged her modesty. The then circle inspector Valentine D’Souza had filed charge sheet in the court.