Rape accused sentenced to 15 years RI
The Hindu
Additional District and Sessions Judge, Fast Track Sessions Court-1 (PoCSO), Savithri V. Bhat on Wednesday sentenced a 45-year-old man to 15 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) on finding him guilty o
Additional District and Sessions Judge, Fast Track Sessions Court-1 (PoCSO), Savithri V. Bhat on Wednesday sentenced a 45-year-old man to 15 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) on finding him guilty of raping a 17-year-old girl.
According to the charge-sheet, P.J. Jacob alias Chakocha, a truck driver, stopped the girl when she was passing in front of his house in February 2015 in Belthangady taluk. He forcibly took her into his house and raped her. He threatened her against revealing the incident to the world. A few days later, Chakocha again raped her in a rubber plantation area.
The sexual assault came to light when the girl was examined in hospital and found pregnant. The Belthangady Police arrested Jacob and subsequently, filed the chargesheet.
With the clock ticking down to the Lok Sabha election counting day on Tuesday, opposing fronts are perceptibly edgy and poised to continue the rancorous skirmishing that marked the campaign season in Kerala. The United Democratic Front, led by the Congress, is seemingly basking in the “interim victory” granted by various exit polls. The UDF discerns that its poll strategy of turning the polls foremostly into a damning referendum on the Left Democratic Front government’s perceived failures rather than BJP’s “divisive politics” at the national level stood a fighting chance of paying off.