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Death sentence referred to High Court
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The death sentence awarded by Pudukottai Mahila Court to a 34-year-old man from Gujarat for the sexual assault and murder of an intellectually disabled 17-year-old boy was referred to the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Friday, for confirmation of the sentence. The incident took place in December 2019.
A Division Bench of Justices K. Kalyanasundaram and G. Ilangovan ordered notice to the State in the referred trial and adjourned the hearing. The 34-year-old man Thanish Patel, a heavy vehicle operator in a private crusher unit near Kolathur, had kidnapped the boy and sexually assaulted him. The boy suffered grievous injuries due to the assault.
Gujarat man sentenced to death for sexually assaulting, killing mentally retarded minor boy
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Mahila Court Judge R. Sathya awarded death sentences to the accused, A. Thanish Patel
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Mahila Court Judge R. Sathya awarded death sentences to the accused, A. Thanish Patel The Mahila Court on Thursday awarded death penalty to a 34-year-old man hailing from Gujarat for sexually assaulting and murdering a mentally retarded 17-year-old minor boy in the district in December 2019. Mahila Court Judge R. Sathya awarded death sentences to the accused, A. Thanish Patel, on three counts for the sexual assault under the provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act, 2019 and a life sentence for murder under the Indian Penal Code Prosecution sources, said Patel, then working as a heavy vehicle operator in a private crusher unit near Kolathur, had kidnapped the boy from the bazaar area in Keeranur sub division in a two-wheeler and too
POCSO Act accused found dead on judgement day
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A 40-year-old man, who was an accused in a POCSO Act case for sexually assaulting a mentally retarded minor girl, was found dead in a public place after he left Mahila Court when the judgement was to be pronounced on Thursday.
Police sources identified the deceased as C. Thirunavukkarasu of Karadikalam. The Keeranur All Women Police had arrested him in a POCSO Act case that was booked in 2019 on the charge of sexually assaulting a mentally retarded minor girl. Subsequently, he came out on bail.
Prosecution sources said the Mahila Court was to pronounce the judgement in the case on Thursday. Thirunavukkarasu who was present in the court campus till afternoon left thereafter and reportedly gave his mobile phone and keys to his brother and did not return. Since the accused was not present at the court, a warrant was issued against him by the court.
Man sentenced to 10 years for rape
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The Mahila Court here on Friday convicted and sentenced a 35-year-old man to undergo 10 years of imprisonment for raping a minor girl near Keeranur, in a case booked by the Keeranur All Women Police in 2013.
The man had committed the offence against a 13-year-old girl. A police press release said the Court also slapped a fine of ₹20,000 on S. Backiaraj, and ordered that a compensation of ₹3 lakh be given by the government to the victim s family.
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