Nellore man gets 10 years’ jail for raping 98-year-old woman as a teenager in 2017
Nine years after the offence, the Eighth Additional District and Sessions Court convicts Valluru Penchalayya and orders his two sentences to run concurrently
In a case that took nine years to reach a verdict, a 19-year-old man named Valluru Penchalayya was sentenced to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a 98-year-old bedridden woman in Nellore, India. The crime occurred in the early hours of August 26, 2017, within the limits of the Santhapeta police station. Penchalayya entered the woman's home and proceeded to commit the heinous act.
His victim's family members, noticing her deteriorating health, took her to the Government General Hospital for treatment. Upon examination by doctors, the police were alerted to the incident. Based on the medical report and the victim's statement, the Santhapeta police registered a case under Sections 376 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code, which deal with rape and criminal intimidation, respectively.
The district police monitored the case from trial to verdict using the Court Monitoring System (CMS). The court sentenced Penchalayya to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for the rape and an additional 7 years for criminal intimidation, both to be served concurrently.
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