Bus driver gets life term for rape, abetting suicide
MANGALORE: Twenty-one months after a 15-year-old student of Pompei High School, Aikala, ended her life on February 11, 2009, at her residence over the alleged humiliation after being found in the company of a boy from another community, the second additional district and sessions judge H Sanjeeva Kumar on Thursday sentenced the boy, accused of sexually assaulting her, to life imprisonment.
The judge directed accused Abdul Saleem (27) to 10-year imprisonment under Section 366 of IPC (kidnapping, abducting or inducing a woman to compel her marriage), and life imprisonment each under Sections 305 (abetment of suicide of child or insane person) and 376 (punishment for rape) of IPC and fined him Rs 15,000, Rs 15,000 and Rs 20,000 for each of these offences. The fine amount would be paid to the parents of the victim.
Since all these sentences shall run concurrently, Saleem, 26 years when arrested in this case, in effect would be undergoing life imprisonment.
The student was allegedly harassed by right-wing elements for her proximity to Saleem, after being spotted at a secluded place with him. Persons who spotted them informed the police, who took the student and Saleem in to their custody.
Given the sensitivity of the case, state police chief Ajai Kumar Singh directed the CoD (now CID) to investigate the case, 48-hours after the incident was reported.
The judge directed accused Abdul Saleem (27) to 10-year imprisonment under Section 366 of IPC (kidnapping, abducting or inducing a woman to compel her marriage), and life imprisonment each under Sections 305 (abetment of suicide of child or insane person) and 376 (punishment for rape) of IPC and fined him Rs 15,000, Rs 15,000 and Rs 20,000 for each of these offences. The fine amount would be paid to the parents of the victim.
Since all these sentences shall run concurrently, Saleem, 26 years when arrested in this case, in effect would be undergoing life imprisonment.
The student was allegedly harassed by right-wing elements for her proximity to Saleem, after being spotted at a secluded place with him. Persons who spotted them informed the police, who took the student and Saleem in to their custody.
Given the sensitivity of the case, state police chief Ajai Kumar Singh directed the CoD (now CID) to investigate the case, 48-hours after the incident was reported.
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