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Thursday, Aug 14, 2025
The accused was arrested in 2012, 2019 and 2021 for abusing school students.
The ordeal came out in the open after she fell unconscious during a school assembly. She revealed the plight to her teachers when they conducted an inquiry then.
The blunders they have committed in escaping the real offender and substituting in his place an innocent person indicates the range of their illegality, arbitrariness, misuse of powers and due process of law, the court said.
Yousuf, a Chadayamangalam native, molested the girl during the sub district school arts festival, according to the complaint.
Justice Bechu Kurain Thomas said if one of the parties to the marriage is a minor, irrespective of the validity or otherwise of the marriage, offences under the POCSO Act will apply.
Ajith feigned love to the 14-year-old girl, whom he had met via Instagram, and sexually assaulted her, as per the case.
ASI TG Babu was suspended from service when the news came to light.
Kochi unit DySP V S Uma will head the team. The Pocso court has set a deadline of three months to solve the case.
The Commissioner said that such tests are only necessary in a case registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act when harassment or physical harm was alleged.
According to the case registered at the Ottapalam Police Station, a 17-year-old girl was sexually abused multiple times between June 21 and August 4.
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