Mysuru: Initially, this rapist denied that it was his child but circumstances and fear of being imprisoned forced him to accept that he was the child’s father. He literally begged before the judge to spare him as he has to ‘take care of his child’. But the judge was unmoved and sentenced him to 14 years in jail and also imposed a fine of Rs. 5 lakh.
This is the story of 33-year-old K.J. Mahesh Gowda, who was jailed by the Sixth Additional District and Sessions Court yesterday in a rape case that was reported in 2014. Mahesh had repeatedly raped a minor who delivered a child. Mahesh had disowned the child and his lie was nailed by the DNA test that established that he was the child’s father.
