Trial commencesin Coimbatore rape case, counsel for accused appointed

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The constabulary  bringing 1  of the 3  accused successful  the Coimbatore gang-rape lawsuit  to the combined tribunal  analyzable  successful  Coimbatore connected  Thursday, November 27, 2025.

The constabulary bringing 1 of the 3 accused successful the Coimbatore gang-rape lawsuit to the combined tribunal analyzable successful Coimbatore connected Thursday, November 27, 2025. | Photo Credit: SIVA SARAVANAN S.

The proceedings for the gang-rape of a 20-year-old assemblage pupil by 3 persons adjacent Coimbatore airdrome successful November past twelvemonth commenced astatine the Mahila Court present connected MondayFebruary 2.

The 3 accused successful the lawsuit — T. Karuppasamy, alias Satheesh, 30; his member T. Kaleeswaran, alias Karthik, 21; and their distant comparative M. Guna, alias Thavasi, 20, each from Madurai — were produced earlier proceedings tribunal justice V. Sundararaj. B. Jisha is the Special Public Prosecutor for the case.

Two lawyers person been provided to the 3 accused done the District Legal Services Authority arsenic they did not person counsel.

Court sources said the survivor’s antheral friend, who is the complainant, a unfortunate of battle by the accused and besides a witnesser successful the case, was examined archetypal by the prosecution and defence counsel.

The subsister was examined aft him and the archetypal day’s proceedings went connected for respective hours till evening.

During the past proceeding connected January 27, the tribunal framed charges against the 3 accused and work retired the aforesaid to them. The accused pleaded not blameworthy of the charges against them.

They person been arraigned for offences nether Sections 127(2), 64(2)(m), 111(2)(b), 111(4), 324(4), 140(3), 309(6), 311, 70(1), 140(4), 115(2), 74 and 76 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

As per the prosecution case, the 3 men gang-raped the assemblage pupil successful a deserted country adjacent Brindhavan Nagar, adjacent to the Coimbatore airport, connected the intervening nighttime of November 2 and 3, 2025.

The 3 accused had approached the subsister and her antheral friend, erstwhile they were engaged successful a speech wrong a car connected the vacant crippled of onshore astir 10.50 p.m. connected November 2.

They abducted the pistillate aft assaulting the man, and took her to a deserted country down a assemblage campus, wherever they raped her.

The constabulary arrested the trio, aft shooting them successful their legs, connected the nighttime of November 3.

As per the prosecution case, the 3 men gang-raped the assemblage pupil astatine a deserted country adjacent Brindhavan Nagar, adjacent to the Coimbatore airport, connected the intervening nighttime of November 2 and 3, 2025.

The 3 accused had approached the subsister and her antheral friend, erstwhile they were sitting wrong a car and chatting connected a vacant crippled of onshore astir 10.50 p.m. connected November 2. They abducted the woman, aft assaulting the man, and took her to a deserted country down a assemblage campus, wherever they raped her.

The constabulary arrested the trio, aft shooting them successful their legs, connected the nighttime of November 3.

Published - February 03, 2026 01:08 americium IST

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