As per the charge sheet, Nayak had a second marriage with the victim's mother and was then living with them.
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The district additional and sessions court dealing with Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) cases in Udupi has sentenced a 49-year-old man to life imprisonment in a case related to sexually harassing his minor stepdaughter.
The convict, who was found guilty in the sexual harassment case, is Ganesh Nayak.
As per the charge sheet, Nayak had a second marriage with the victim’s mother and was then living with them.
When his wife was away in another town for work, Nayak had, in October 2021, sexually abused the minor stepdaughter after giving her juice laced with alcohol.
When the mother returned after three months, she came to know that her daughter was pregnant. When the victim narrated her ordeal, a complaint was lodged at Kundapur police station in January 2022.
A charge sheet was filed in the court by then Circle Inspector KR Gopikrishna. A total of 10 witnesses were examined during the trial.
Besides life imprisonment, Judge Srinivasa Suvarna also imposed a fine of ₹10,000 on the convict, failing which he will have to undergo an additional one-year imprisonment.
Public prosecutor YT Raghavendra appeared for the prosecution.
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