Mangalore: Man gets seven years RI for raping minor Dalit girl

December 5, 2013

Mangalore, Dec 5: A 27-year-old man was sentenced by the Second Additional District and Sessions Court here on Wednesday for seven years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a minor Dalit girl.

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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DK-Udupi local authorities' constituency by-poll: 4 candidates – Cong, BJP, SDPI, Ind – in fray

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October 8,2024

Mangaluru: The by-election to the legislative council from the Dakshina Kannada and Udupi local authorities' constituency will be a contest among four candidates. An independent candidate, Muhammed Riyaz, has withdrawn his nomination on Monday, the last day for withdrawal.

Deputy commissioner Mullai Muhilan MP stated that candidates Kishore BR (BJP), Raju Poojary (Congress), Anwar Sadat S (SDPI), and Dinakar Ullal (independent) will be in the fray.

Polling will be held at 392 booths in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts between 8am and 4pm on Oct 21.

A total of 6,032 voters from Dakshina Kannada and Udupi are eligible to vote. While there will be 234 polling booths in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi will have 158 stations. Gram panchayat members, corporators of the Mangaluru City Corporation, members of city municipal councils, town municipal councils, town panchayats, MLAs, MLCs, and Lok Sabha members are eligible to vote.

Election observer of the Election Commission of India (ECI), Pankaj Kumar Pandey, reviewed the poll preparations at the deputy commissioner's office on Monday. He issued directions to officials regarding arrangements to be made during the election and counting of votes.

The deputy commissioner stated that out of 6,032 voters, 3,127 are women and 2,905 are men. He said the counting of votes will be held at St Aloysius PU College in the city on Oct 24.

Udupi deputy commissioner Vidya Kumari K, city police commissioner Anupam Agrawal, Dakshina Kannada ZP CEO Anandh K, Dakshina Kannada SP Yathish N, Udupi SP Arun K, and additional deputy commissioners Santhosh Kumar G and Mamatha Devi were present.

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