Coimbatore man gets 20 years rigorous jail term for sexual assault on minor
A man in Coimbatore has been sentenced to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting a two-year-old girl in 2022. The Special Court also imposed a fine of ₹10,000 and ordered the state to pay ₹5 lakh in compensation to the survivor. The case was brought to light after the girl's mother filed a complaint following the incident.
- ▪The man was sentenced under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
- ▪He was a daily wage labourer who assaulted his relative's daughter.
- ▪The incident occurred on June 28, 2022, when he took the girl to his house.
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The Special Court for the trial of cases registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act in Coimbatore on Thursday sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting his relative’s daughter aged two in 2022.Special court judge T. Bagavathiammal awarded the punishment to a 38-year-old man hailing from a place near Kavundampalayam.The police stated that the man, a daily wage labourer, used to visit the house of the survivor girl and take her to his residence. On June 28, 2022, he took the girl to his house and sexually assaulted her.
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