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The Fast Track Mahila Court successful Erode sentenced a 56-year-old antheral to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment connected Wednesday (October 22, 2025) for sexually assaulting and impregnating a insignificant miss successful 2019.
The prosecution said that K. Saminathan, a loadman astatine powerlooms and a nonmigratory of a colony successful Modakkurichi taluk, committed the offence erstwhile the 15-year-old girl, a Class 10 student, went to his location to fetch h2o connected December 23, 2019. The offence was committed aggregate times, pursuing which the miss became pregnant.
After noticing changes successful her body, her parents took her for a aesculapian examination, which confirmed the pregnancy. Subsequently, they lodged a ailment with the Modakkurichi constabulary connected June 24, 2020.
The constabulary registered a lawsuit nether Section 5 (I) work with 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, and Sections 376 (3) and 506 (i) of the Indian Penal Code. The accused was arrested and remanded successful Coimbatore Central Prison. The miss delivered a babe miss connected September 28, 2020.
After the trial, Judge C. Sornakumar sentenced Saminathan to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for intersexual assault, 20 years for impregnating the minor, and 1 twelvemonth for transgression intimidation. The sentences would tally concurrently.
The tribunal besides imposed a good of ₹25,000 connected him and ordered the magnitude to beryllium fixed to the victim. The Judge further recommended that the State authorities wage a compensation of ₹4 lakh to the victim.
Saminathan was aboriginal lodged successful prison. Special Public Prosecutor M. Jayanthi represented the prosecution.
