The Madras HC set aside a trial court order acquitting a school teacher in Puducherry who had been charged with sexual assaulting a minor student. The HC awarded him 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment and also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000.
Holding that a four year-old child can not be expected to give cogent evidence with regard to the sexual assault on her, the Madras High Court has set aside a trial court order acquitting a school teacher in Puducherry charged with the crime on the