A POCSO court in Chennai has awarded life sentence to five of the accused in a sexual assault case against a differently-abled minor girl.<br />''<br />''The Court has held that four of the life convicts have to spend the rest of their lives in jail. One person was sentenced to a prison term of seven years, while nine others awarded five years. One was set free.<br />''<br />''The case relates to the crime against the hapless victim for several months in 2018. The convicts were all workers in the apartment complex where she was living with her parents.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">On Saturday, the accused except an aged person were convicted by the special judge RN Manjula. The quantum of sentences was pronounced yesterday.</span><br />
News On AIR | February 4, 2020 9:08 AM
Chennai: POCSO court awards life sentence to 5 in 2018 sexual harassment case