KANNUR:
Kasaragod
additional session court on Wednesday proclaimed the first verdict in
Kerala, after the Nirbhaya Act came into forces and awarded 25 years and 20 years rigorous imprisonments each to two youths on the charge of kidnapping and raping a 16-year-old girl in 2013.
The court of judge P S Sasikumar also imposed a fine of Rs 1.25 lakh and 1 lakh each to the convicts – A
Ibrahim Khaleel an auto rickshaw driver in Badiadukka, and his friend BA Khalid. The court ordered that the fine should be given to the rape survivor.
The prosecution case was that on the morning of July 15, 2013, Khaleel offered a ride in his auto rickshaw to the girl when she was on her way to school. On the way he took her to an empty house and sexually harassed her. Later, he called his friend Khalid there, who also raped the minor girl. After that she was sent home in another auto rickshaw.
Though the girl did not reveal the incident to her parents, the parents got suspicious when she refused to go to school. This questioned her following which she narrated the ordeal. Later they reported the matter to the police leading to the arrest of the rapist duo.
The new law, Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013 (Nirbhaya Act), came into force in March 2013, after the sensational Nirbhaya rape case of Delhi.
Sudhakaran is Special Correspondent with The Times of India in Ka...
Read MoreSudhakaran is Special Correspondent with The Times of India in Kannur. He was with The New Indian Express and Cyber Media in Bangalore. He has been in the field of journalism for the past 14 years.
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