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The Mahila Court successful Coimbatore connected Saturday (March 7, 2026) sentenced each 3 persons accused successful the 2025 Coimbatore pack rape case to beingness imprisonment.
The convicted persons are: T. Karuppasamy alias Satheesh, 30, his member T. Kaleeswaran alias Karthik, 21, some natives of Singampunari successful Sivaganga district, and their distant comparative M. Guna alias Thavasi, 20, of Madurai district.
The tribunal awarded beingness imprisonment to the trio for the offence of pack rape nether Section 70(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). The Section attracts rigorous imprisonment of not little than 20 years, which whitethorn besides widen to imprisonment for beingness (the remainder of the person’s earthy life) and a fine.
They were produced earlier the tribunal 1.30 p.m. and justice (in-charge) V. Sundararaj held the 3 accused blameworthy and awarded them punishment for offences nether 7 Sections.
Public Prosecutor B. Jisha said the tribunal directed the State authorities to wage a compensation of ₹7 lakh to the subsister and ₹2 lakh to her boyfriend, who is besides the complainant successful the case.
As per the chargesheet, the trio gang-raped the assemblage student, aged 20, successful a deserted country adjacent Coimbatore International Airport connected the intervening nighttime of November 2 and 3, 2025. They committed the transgression aft assaulting her 25-year-old boyfriend, with whom she was seated successful a car successful an unfastened country disconnected the mud roadworthy connecting Brindhavan Nagar and SIHS Colony.
Inspector S. Latha, assisted by Inspector R. Arjunkumar, Station House Officer of the Peelamedu constabulary station, investigated the case.
