Pollachi rape case transferred to dist mahila court

Coimbatore: The principal district judge (PDJ) court transferred the Pollachi rape case to the district mahila court on Tuesday.

K Thirunavukkarasu, 26, of Makkinampatti near Pollachi, N Sabarirajan, 25, of Jothi Nagar at Pollachi, N Sathish, 29, of Suleeswaranpatti near Pollachi, T Vasanthakumar, of Pakkothipalayam, and R Manivannan, 30 of Aachipatti near Pollachi, who were arrested for raping a college girl and recording the act last February, were lodged in the Salem Central Prison. They were taken to Coimbatore city and produced before principal district judge R Sakthivel, who extended their judicial custody till February 25.

The five accused will be produced before the mahila court on February 25 and charges will be framed against them. Later, the court will announce the trial date.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had filed a chargesheet before the chief judicial magistrate court on May 24, 2019. The accused were booked under Section 376 (rape) of the Indian Penal Code. As the chief judicial magistrate court is not authorized to pass death sentence or life imprisonment exceeding seven years, the case was transferred to the sessions court.


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