The II Additional District and Special Sessions Court here on Tuesday sentenced Praveen Hiremath, a resident of Miriyan village in Chincholi taluk, to three-year rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of ₹45,000 on him for sexually assaulting a minor girl.
As per Special Public Prosecutor Shantveer B. Tuppad, who argued for the State, the accused kidnapped the four-year-old girl while she was sleeping beside her mother and sexually abused her in a private building on February 24, 2020. The accused was handed over to the police by locals after the girl raised an alarm.
Following a complaint, a case was registered and charge-sheet filed confirming the crime punishable under varios sections of IPC and PoCSO Act 2012.
The judge also ordered the DLSA to pay a compensation of ₹1 lakh and also ₹40,000 of the fine amount to the victim.
