Pudukottai: A Mahila Court in Pudukottai has convicted and sentenced a POCSO case accused, who was married twice, to life term till natural death for raping a minor girl and impregnating her two years ago.
Delivering the verdict, Justice R Sathya said convicted the accused Rajkumar , hailing from this district, had to undergo jail till his natural death.
The Judge also held that the prosecution has proved the case beyond anyĀ reasonable doubt and imposed fines on him. The girl now has a one-year-old child.
The prosecution case was that the accused, had on 11 March, 2020, sexually assaulted the class XI student after administering soft drinks laced with sedatives.
When the victim became pregnant he had intimidated her to abort the fetus. But, the girls refused and lodged a complaint following which the Keeranur All Women Police station booked Rajkumar under the POCSO Act and arrested him.
Though the Tamilnadu government has already announced a compensation of Rs four lakh to the girl, the court directed the government to provide an additional assistance of Rs 1.50 lakh to her.