![]() While one person - Erald Bross, 58 - got seven years of rigorous imprisonment, Sugumaran, 60, Murugesan, 54, Paramasivam, 60, Jayganesh, 23, Deenadayalan, 50, Jayaraman, 26, Surya, 23, Raja, 32, and Umapathy, 42 - were sentenced to five years of rigorous imprisonment. ![]() Based on the complaint, police arrested 17 men on the charge of sexually assaulting the victim for more than seven months. The rape perpetrated by lift operators, electricians and plumbers of the residential apartment complex where the child lived came to light on July 13, 2018, only when her parents approached the Ayanavaram all-women police. Noting that society believes that only stringent punishment can reduce sexual offences against children, the judge said, “But awareness which comes before any occurrence can also prevent such offences than the punishment which comes after the occurrence.” It would serve the interest of children of both sexes if they are rightly informed and sensitised about gender equality and the concerns of gender discrimination early in life, the judge added. Rajasekar, 40, has been sentenced to life for offence under Section 6 of Pocso Act with entitlement for premature release. ‘Pre-emptive awareness better than punishment to prevent child rape ’ They were sentenced for offences punishable under Sections 6 (aggravated penetrative sexual assault) and 5(g) (gang penetrative sexual assault on a child) of Pocso Act read with Section 376 ab/db (punishment for gang rape/rape of girl under 12 years) of IPC. ![]()
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