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Clearing the platform for a speedy trial, the Special Court for the proceedings of POCSO Act cases successful Coimbatore connected Monday, June 15, 2026, framed charges against the 2 persons arrested successful transportation with the sexual assault-cum-murder of a 10-year-old miss adjacent Sulur present connected May 21.
The archetypal accused, K. Karthi (35), and the 2nd accused, R. Mohan (31), some residents of Pallapalayam adjacent Sulur, were produced earlier Judge T. Bagavathiammal and the charges against the duo were work out.
As per the 819-page complaint expanse filed by the constabulary connected June 10, Karthi was charged for offences nether Sections 61(2)(a), 140(1), 140(4), 103(1), 238(a), 127(2), 65(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and 5(i), 5(l), 5(m), 5(j) (iv) work with 6(1) of POCSO Act. Mohan was charged nether Sections 61(2)(a), 140(1), 140(4) work with 49, 238(a), 240, and 249(a) of the BNS, and 6(1) work with 16 and 17 of POCSO Act.
The tribunal arraigned the 2 accused for these charges and posted to perceive the lawsuit adjacent connected Tuesday. Sources said that the tribunal ordered the prosecution to furnish the database of witnesses connected Tuesday, hinting astatine initiating the proceedings successful the lawsuit astatine the earliest.
As per the complaint sheet, determination are 104 prosecution witnesses. A magistrate appointed by the POCSO tribunal conducted a trial recognition parade successful the lawsuit astatine the Coimbatore Central Prison connected June 2, successful which Karthi was paraded on with different individuals successful a line-up for 2 eyewitnesses.
The prosecution’s lawsuit is that Karthi abducted the insignificant miss from her neighbourhood astatine Pallapalayam connected May 21 evening and took her to the backstage onshore abutting Kannampalayam vessel connected a motorcycle aft promising to bargain her chocolates. He murdered the miss aft sexually assaulting her. Mohan, who was allegedly successful interaction with Karthi earlier and aft the committee of the crime, failed to disclose the transgression to anyone, besides misleading the police.
