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The Irinjalakuda Fast-Track Special Court connected Tuesday sentenced Biju, alias Vijayakumar, 40, of Alathur successful Palakkad territory to 2 beingness presumption and 15 years of rigorous imprisonment on with a good of ₹1.35 lakh.
The verdict was pronounced by Judge Viveeja Sethumohan who recovered Biju blameworthy of breaking into the location of a 91-year-old woman, sexually assaulting her, and snatching her 2.5-sovereign golden concatenation connected August 3, 2022.
The aged victim, who was assaulted portion having her meal, died wrong 8 months of the incident. Scientific evidence, including hairsbreadth samples recovered from the transgression scene, and the betterment of the stolen concatenation based connected Biju’s confession, proved crucial. Testimony from a neighbour and the motorbike utilized by the accused further strengthened the prosecution’s case.
The prosecution examined 29 witnesses, presented 52 documents and 21 worldly objects during the trial.
The tribunal sentenced Biju to treble beingness imprisonment for rape and robbery, 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for location trespass, and 5 years of rigorous imprisonment for outraging a woman’s modesty. If the good is not paid, helium volition person to acquisition an further 16 months imprisonment.
The fine, erstwhile collected, volition beryllium handed implicit to the victim’s ineligible heirs arsenic compensation.
