Murugayee v. The Inspector Of Police

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT Criminal Original Jurisdiction Monday, the Twenty Seventh day of January Two Thousand and Twenty Five PRESENT The HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE G.R.SWAMINATHAN AND The HONOURABLE MS.JUSTICE R.POORNIMA CRL A(MD). No.23 of 2021 Murugayee ... Appellant/Defacto Complainant ..Vs..

1 The State represented by The Inspector of Police, Thenkarai Police Station, Theni District.

... 1st Respondent/Complainant 2 Saravanan ... 2nd Respondent/Accused Prayer :- Criminal Appeal filed under Section 372 of Criminal Procedure Code, to set aside the order of acquittal passed by the Mahila Fast Track Court, Theni in Spl.S.C.No.14 of 2018, dated 20.05.2019.

ORDER:- This Criminal Appeal Petition is coming on for orders for pronouncement of Sentence on this day and upon perusing the petition and the affidavit filed in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of Mr. A.Saravanan, Legal Aid Counsel for the Appellant, Mr.T.Senthilkumar, Additional Public Prosecutor for the Respondent No.1, Mr.Ananda Padmanabhan, Senior Counsel assisted by Mr.B.Jeyakumar for Respondent No.2, this Court made the following order: Taking note of the fact that the second respondent has two girl children and the fact that the occurrence took place prior to the 2019 Amendment in the

POCSO Act, 2012, the second respondent/accused is sentenced to ten years rigorous imprisonment for the offence under Section 6 of the POCSO Act, 2012. The trial court shall take steps to implement this judgement forthwith. Sd/- Assistant Registrar ( ) // True Copy // /01/2025 Sub Assistant Registrar (CS - I/II/III/IV) TO

1. The Sessions Judge, Fast Track Mahila Court/Sessions Court, Theni.

2. The Inspector of Police, Thenkarai Police Station, Thenkarai, Theni District.

3. The Additional Public Prosecutor, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai

4. The Superintendent, Central Prison, Madurai. (In duplicate for communication to accused)

5. The Registrar (Judicial), High Court Legal Services Committee, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai.

+1 CC to Mr. A.Saravanan, Advocate, SR No.4833

ORDER DATED : 27/01/2025 ==========================

ORDER

========================== CRL A(MD). No.23 of 2021 Giving direction and etc.

as stated within.

BV (27/01/2025) 3P/ 7C Madurai Bench of Madras High Court is issuing certified copies in this format from 17.07.2023.