The first Additional Senior Civil Judge and JMFC, Puttur, Devaraj Y.K, on October 15, sentenced a man to two years in prison and remaining two other accused to one year in prison on finding them guilty of assaulting a woman and harassing her in Kuria village of Puttur taluk in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka on December 27, 2022.
The Puttur Rural police charged Arun Kumar of trespassing on the property of his sister Asha Shankar Bhandary, along with his employees G. Vinay Kumar and P.M. Sundara, and assaulting her and also tearing her nightdress. When her husband H. Shankar Bhandary tried to intervene, the accused abused him and Ms. Bhandary, and threatened them. Arun Kumar, Vinay Kumar, and Sundara were charged for offences under Sections Sections 447, 504, 506, 323, and 354 of the Indian Penal Code.
Arun Kumar was sentenced for two years of simple imprisonment and fined ₹10,000 for the offence under Section 354 of IPC. The fine amount of ₹10,000 shall be confiscated to the State.
He was also sentenced to six months of simple imprisonment for the offence under Section 323 of IPC. Arun, Vinay, and Sundara were further sentenced to one year simple imprisonment and told to pay fine of ₹5,000 each for the offence under Section 506 of IPC.
Sentences against Arun will run concurrently, the Magistrate said.
Published - October 17, 2026 09:50 am IST