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A 60-year-old tuition teacher and chess coach, who was earlier arrested for sexually assaulting a insignificant girl, was sentenced to 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment by a peculiar tribunal for proceedings and disposal of rape and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) cases connected Friday (October 17, 2025). The tribunal besides slapped a good of ₹5,000 connected the accused and awarded compensation of ₹3 lakh to the victim.
The accused, identified arsenic Dronamraju Subramanyeshwara Rao, was arrested connected December 7, 2017 by the Rajendranagar constabulary pursuing a ailment by the victim’s parent connected December 4, 2017. In the complaint, she stated that her 12-year-old girl had been attending tuition for 3 days. On December 3 that year, the miss called her parent from Rao’s home, alleging that aft sending the different children away, Rao had sexually assaulted her.
A lawsuit was booked nether the POCSO Act, 2012, Section 75 of the Juvenile Justice Act and respective sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Following the investigation, a chargesheet was filed, followed by a trial.
