Accused Sentenced To 30-Yr Life Imprisonment

Chennai Mahila courtroom on Monday sentenced A. Gnanasekaran, the only real accused within the Anna College rape case, to life imprisonment for no less than 30 years with out remission and imposed a nice of Rs 90,000, as reported by ANI. 

Talking to ANI, the accused’s advocate, BR Jayaprakash Narayanan, mentioned that the judgment was declared final week, and the punishment particulars got immediately.

“The courtroom has discovered Gnanasekaran the accused in Anna College rape case in all of the 11 sections. The judgment was declared final week, and the punishment particulars are given immediately. He has been sentenced to 30 years with out remission. He has additionally been imposed a nice of Rs 90,000, which can go to the sufferer. There’s a likelihood for us to have a greater enchantment. After getting paperwork from the courtroom, we’ll enchantment earlier than an higher courtroom,” Narayanan mentioned.

The incident happened on December 23, 2024, when the sufferer, a second-year engineering pupil of Anna College, was spending time along with her male pal on campus, in accordance with the prosecution.

The incident happened on December 23, 2024, when the sufferer, a second-year engineering pupil of Anna College, was spending time along with her male pal on campus, in accordance with the prosecution. 

Gnanasekaran approached them, threatened them with a pretend video of them being intimate, and warned that he would share it with college officers to have them expelled.

He then compelled the boy to depart and manipulated the woman into accompanying him to a abandoned space of the campus.  Pretending that the boy was being investigated by college employees, he continued to intimidate the sufferer.

When she rejected his calls for, Gnanasekaran allegedly sexually assaulted her and recorded the act on his cellular gadget.  

He subsequently took her telephone quantity and blackmailed her by threatening to ship the video to her father and school officers if she didn’t meet him once more. Nonetheless,  the woman displayed exceptional bravery by refusing to stay silent.  

With the backing of her household and school authorities, she filed a report the following day at Kotturpuram All Girls Police Station.  Police arrested the accused Gnanasekaran, instantly after the criticism was filed. 

Through the trial, his legal professional requested a lenient sentence based mostly on private causes.  Nonetheless, the prosecution firmly opposed this, highlighting the heinous nature of the crime and the accused’s lengthy historical past of prison offences.  

Decide Rajalakshmi, after contemplating each arguments, postponed the announcement of the sentence till June 2.

(With companies inputs)