Dinesh Amin, a resident of Paduperar village, Mangalore taluk, an auto rickshaw driver is the accused.
In fact, he is second accused in the case which happened on June 24, 2011, around 10.30 a.m.
The main accused Manoj B Shetty who is also an auto rickshaw driver, brought the girl in his auto to his house and raped her. He then called his friend Dinesh Amin, who also raped the girl. Shetty is reportedly absconding.
The girl, who belongs to a Scheduled Caste community, went home and informed her mother about the incident. The girl's mother filed a complaint with the Bajpe police station. The police then arrested Dinesh Amin. They are still searching Manoj Shetty.
The court split the case and tried Amin.
As many as 15 witnesses were examined by Prosecutor C. Venkataramana Swamy. The victim identified Amin as one of the two persons who raped her. The Judge convicted Amin under section 376 of the Indian Penal Code. Of the fine amount of Rs. 10,000, the court has directed Amin to pay Rs. 8,000 to the victim while Rs. 2,000 to the State government. If Amin fails to pay the fine, he would have to undergo imprisonment of additional six months.
Judge Uma M G. also imposed a fine of Rs. 10,000 of which Rs 8,000 is to be given to the girl as compensation.
If Amin fails to pay the amount he would have to undergo another six months of imprisonment. The case was argued for the state by Public Prosecutor Venkataramana Swamy C.
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