Trichy: A 35-year-old man was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Trichy mahila court on Tuesday for the abduction and sexual assault of a six-year-old dalit girl on Jan 31, 2021.
M Neerkathalingam, from Trichy district, abducted the girl playing near her home and sexually assaulted her. The chargesheet was filed on April 2, 2021. Following a trial, sessions judge D Shanmugapriya pronounced the sentence.
Neerkathalingam received life imprisonment under the Pocso Act with a fine of Rs 2,000 and another life term under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act with a fine of Rs 1,000, alongside 10 years rigorous imprisonment under IPC Section 366 (kidnapping) and one year under Section 342 (wrongful confinement), each with fine of Rs 1,000. The court ruled that all sentences be served concurrently.
Trichy police commissioner N Kamini praised the Fort police team for the investigation leading to the conviction.
Courtesy : TOI
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