Mysuru: Two years after a 26-year-old US national was sexually assaulted by a male nurse at a prominent hospital in the city, a city Court yesterday sentenced him to 25 years rigorous imprisonment.
This is probably the harshest punishment given by a court in Mysuru for an offence of rape. The minimum punishment under section 376 (2)(d) of IPC for the offence is 10 years but the Court, considering the gravity of the offence and its widespread consequences at the international level, sentenced the accused to 25 years in jail and also imposed a fine of Rs. 15,000.
