Mangaluru: Additional Senior Civil Judge and JMFC, Puttur, Devaraj YH convicted and sentenced three men in a 2022 case involving the assault and harassment of a woman over a land dispute.Police said the incident occurred within Puttur Rural Police Station limits on Dec 27-2022. A land dispute escalated, with three men assaulting the woman and outraging her modesty. Police registered a case under IPC Sections 447, 504, 506, 323 and 354, read with Section 34.Subramanya H, then an investigating staff member at Puttur Rural Police Station, conducted the investigation, collected evidence and filed a chargesheet against Arun Kumar, Vinaya Kumar G and Sundara PM.The judge found the allegations proven after the trial.Arun Kumar was sentenced to six months’ simple imprisonment under IPC Section 323 and two years’ simple imprisonment and a fine of Rs 10,000 under Section 354. Non-payment of the fine will result in an additional three months’ simple imprisonment.All three were sentenced to one year’s simple imprisonment each under IPC Section 506 and fined Rs 5,000 each. Non-payment will attract an additional three months’ simple imprisonment.Assistant public prosecutor Chethana Devi represented the prosecution.
