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The Thalassery Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) peculiar tribunal volition pronounce its verdict connected Friday — observed arsenic Children’s time — successful the Palathayi intersexual maltreatment lawsuit involving a teacher accused of sexually assaulting a Standard 4 student.
The verdict volition beryllium delivered by justice M.T. Jalaja Rani. The accused, K. Padmarajan, 49, was charged with sexually abusing a 10-year-old pupil astatine a schoolhouse astatine Palathayi betwixt January and February 2020.
According to the prosecution, helium took the kid to the bath connected 3 occasions and sexually assaulted her. The lawsuit was archetypal reported to Childline, which alerted the Panoor police. Based connected a ailment by the child’s mother, a lawsuit was registered connected March 17, 2020, and Padmarajan was arrested connected April 15 from a hideout successful Poyilur Vilakottur.
The probe was aboriginal handed implicit to the Crime Branch connected April 24, pursuing a petition from the victim’s mother. The proceedings began connected February 23, 2024 and continued until August 13, 2025.
Following concerns implicit the archetypal probe, the Kerala High Court had intervened, and a caller squad led by Coastal Additional Director General of Police E.J. Jayaraj had taken implicit the probe. The last chargesheet was filed successful May 2021 nether applicable provisions of the POCSO Act and the Juvenile Justice Act.
