Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM)-cum-Assistant Session Judge Gyanaranjan Pattnaik has awarded a three-year rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 25,000 to Kalandi Behera alias Kalia (28) of Jadupurgada for attempting to rape a final year Shastri girl student of a Sanskrit college under the Marshaghai police station on October 15, 2017.
Kalandi had committed the crime near Jadupurgada on the Paradip-Daitary Expressway, said APC Ramakant Swain.
According to Swain, the 19-year-old girl was returning to her hostel after puja vacation October 15, 2017 when Kalia, a Tata Ace driver, forcibly dragged her to the roadside. Then he attempted to disrobe and rape her under a tree. However, the girl managed to flee from the spot after biting him.
On her complaint, the Marshaghai police conducted a raid and arrested Kalia from a truck terminal at Paradi.
In case, Kalia fails to provide the fine, he would undergo eight more months of RI concurrently, said the court.