Man sentenced to two years in prison for harassing sister
A court in Puttur, Karnataka, has sentenced three men to prison for assaulting and harassing a woman in 2022. The primary defendant received a two-year sentence, while his two accomplices were sentenced to one year each.
Why it matters
This case reflects the judicial response to domestic and property-related violence in rural India.
Man sentenced to two years in prison for harassing sister The alleged incident took in Puttur taluk in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka MANGALURU 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.
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