The District Mahila Court on Wednesday found 65-year-old P. Chinnasamy of Karupparayanpalayam guilty of raping a minor girl and sentenced him to 10 years imprisonment. The court also slapped Rs. 1,000 in fine. The prosecution case was that on the evening of July 29, 2014, Chinnasamy took a six-year-old neighbour to a house in the locality and raped her, said Public Prosecutor R. Sarojini He had lured the girl saying he would fetch her tender coconut. Based on a complaint from the girl’s parents, the All Women Police-East registered a case and arrested him.
But he later came out on bail. The trial went on for over six months and on Wednesday the Judge G. Raja found him guilty, she said and added on Police arrested and sent him to the prison.