District court principal judge K Prabhakar Rao pronounced the verdict against Mesineni Karthik from Uru Mandamarri village for outraging modesty of the woman in a cotton field when she was proceeding to a bus stand on January 8 in 2018.
Published Date – 07:35 PM, Tue – 31 October 23
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Mancherial: A court in Mancherial on Tuesday sentenced a man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment and fined Rs 1,000 after finding him guilty of abducting and raping a woman five years ago.
District court principal judge K Prabhakar Rao pronounced the verdict against Mesineni Karthik from Uru Mandamarri village in Mandamarri mandal for outraging modesty of the woman in a cotton field when she was proceeding to a bus stand on January 8 in 2018. The court cross-examined 11 eye witnesses and evidence produced before it by public prosecutor Puli Rajamallu.
The then Sub-Inspector K Bhaskar Rao had registered a case against Karthik and filed a charge-sheet in the court.
Ramagundam Commissioner of Police Rema Rajeshwari commended the officers for securing a conviction in the case.
