Tirunelveli pastor gets four death sentences in 2022 Pocso case

TIRUNELVELI: A 47-year-old pastor was awarded four death sentences by the Special Court for Pocso Act cases in Tirunelveli on Thursday for sexually assaulting four minor girls in 2022.

Key points

• Police remarked the investigation was monitored by Further Superintendent of Police M Shanmugam.
• The court additionally directed the state administration to provide compensation of `10 lakh each to the four survivors.
• The convict, Abraham, is from a village in Tirunelveli district.

Notably, the convict, Abraham, is from a village in Tirunelveli district. After which the Tirunelveli rural all-women police registered a case on July 5, 2022, according to the prosecution, he sexually assaulted the four girls. He was arrested and a charge sheet was subsequently filed.

Special court judge K Suresh Kumar awarded four death sentences and imposed a fine of Rs 52, 000 on Abraham, observing that the case fell under the 'rarest of rare' category. The court additionally directed the state administration to provide compensation of `10 lakh each to the four survivors.

"The offence proved against the accused is of extremely grave nature, involving penetrative sexual assault on four minor children, " the judge remarked, noting that Abraham had preyed on children he was anticipated to guide and indicated no genuine remorse.

Police remarked the investigation was monitored by Further Superintendent of Police M Shanmugam. Seventeen Pocso cases have concluded in conviction in Tirunelveli district this year, including two death sentences.

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