Man gets triple death for sodomy, murder of minor

Man gets triple death for sodomy, murder of minor

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Trichy:19.02.2021 

A mahila court in Tamil Nadu’s Pudukottai district has awarded triple death sentence to a 34-yearold man for sodomising a 17-year-old mentally ill boy in Keeranur of Pudukottai in December 2019.

The convict, a Gujarat native, was working as a daily wager in a stone crusher unit, close to his house. According to police, the man took the victim, who was his neighbour, to an isolated location on his motorcycle where he sodomised him and inserted plant stems into his anus resulting in internal injuries.

The boy was admitted to Pudukottai government medical college hospital after the assault. However, his condition deteriorated, and he died due to multiple organ failure, 18 days after the assault.

The accused was arrested the same day and was detained under Goondas Act. The police filed chargesheet in February last year after which the trial began at the mahila court. The accused was booked under Section 5(k), 5(i) and 5(j) of POCSO Act, and Sections 363 (abduction) and 302 (murder) of IPC.

Pronouncing the verdict on Thursday, district judge R Sathya awarded triple death sentence in all the three sections of the Pocso act besides imposing a fine of Rs 30,000 under the IPC sections.

While a compensation of Rs 6 lakh was announced for the victim’s family, the court directed the state government to give Rs 3 lakh additionally. In a similar conviction on December 29 last year, the court had awarded triple death sentence to a 25-year-old man for rape and murder of a 7-year-old girl.

The convict, a Gujarat native, was working as a daily wager in a stone crusher unit. The victim was his neighbour