Tamil Nadu court sentences convict in Anna university case to life imprisonment
A Mahila Court in Chennai on Monday awarded life sentence for a minimum period of 30 years without remission to the accused Gnanasekaran, who has been convicted for sexually harassing a student on the
Anna University
campus in December last year.
Mahila Court judge M Rajalakshmi, who convicted Gnanasekaran on May 28, awarded sentences in respect of each 11 charges proved by the prosecution against him.The sentences run concurrently, the judge added.
The sensational case had triggered a political row over Gnanasekaran's alleged connections with the ruling DMK in the state, although the party president and Chief Minister
M K Stalin
had in January said he was only a sympathiser and supporter, and not a member of the Dravidian party.
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The case came to light after the victim lodged a complaint before the All Women Police Station in Kotturpuram here on December 23 last year. In her complaint, the victim alleged that Gnanasekaran threatened her when she was with a male friend and then sexually harassed her.
Gnanasekaran was later arrested.
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The FIR of the case was downloaded from the CCTNS website of
Tamil Nadu police
and broadcast by certain sections of the media which created a furore.
Later, the Madras High Court transferred the investigation of the case to a
Special Investigation Team
, which also probed the FIR leak.
The SIT filed a charge sheet in February before a magistrate court. Thereafter, the case was transferred to the Mahila Court.
The Mahila court framed charges against Gnanasekaran under sections various sections of the BNS, including
sexual harassment
, BNSS, IT Act and the Tamil Nadu Prevention of Women Harassment Act.
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