Rape: Retired army gunner sentenced to 20 years in prison for raping orphan girl | Hyderabad News

Hyderabad: A 17-year-old orphan girl was waiting at a bus stop in Secunderabad when a man approached her and started a conversation with her. He also asked her if she wanted some food and forcibly took her on his bike and got her food from a nearby hotel.
Later, he took her to a hotel and raped her twice. He dropped her at Secunderabad railway station and fled. This incident took place one morning in July 2017.

Seven years later, the 66-year-old man retired gunner of the Indian Army, was sentenced of raping the girl and was sentenced to 20 years in prison. The accused, Periyati Sridharan, was 59 years old and had escaped from army when he sexually abused the girl, who is now 24 and a graduate. B Pushpalatha, special judge for Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) cases in Hyderabad, delivered the verdict on Friday and also awarded the rape victim a compensation of Rs 500,000. survivors.
During the trial, the girl gave a graphic account of how she was forcibly taken away and raped. The testimony of the head of the nursing home where she was kept and medical evidence were crucial, said additional public prosecutor K Prathap Reddy.
The orphan girl was living in a nursing home and learning tailoring at an institute in Secunderabad. As she was on her way to the tailoring institute, Sridharan approached her.
The girl first informed the nursing home administrator about her ordeal and three days later filed a complaint with the police. Sridharan, a resident of Yapr-al, was subsequently arrested.

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