Couple sentenced 180 years for sexual assault of their daughter in Kerala

A couple in Kerala’s Manjeri area of Malappuram district were sentenced to 180 years of imprisonment each for repeated sexual assault of a minor girl by a Special Protection Of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) court on Tuesday, November 4.

The couple was also fined Rs 11.75 lakh each, and failure to pay would result in an additional prison sentence of 20 years.

“Today, the court has convicted both of the accused – 180 years of rigourous imprisonment and ₹11.75 lakh,” Special Public Prosecutor Somasundaram was quoted by media



report.

The case was registered against the victim’s mother and her lover, who had eloped with the minor to Malappuram. The crime spanned the period from 2019 to 2021.

“Originally living in Thiruvananthapuram, the mother eloped with her lover and her 11-year-old daughter to Malappuram, where they resided in a rented cottage.

 There, with the aid and help of the mother, her lover sexually assaulted the little girl for two years, from 2019-2021. He not only raped her, but also forced her into oral sex,” the prosecutor said.