Sexual abuse of minor boy: Kerala courtroom sentences scientific psychologist to 7 yrs in jail
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A selected Fast Track courtroom in Kerala on Thursday sentenced a scientific psychologist to seven years in jail for sexually abusing a 13-year-old boy who was being dealt with for psychological factors.
Special Fast Track Court Judge Aaj Sudarsan moreover imposed a constructive of Rs 1.5 lakh on the 59-year-old convict, Dr Okay Gireesh.
If the constructive won’t be paid, the convict should bear an additional jail time interval of 4 years, the courtroom talked about, together with that the constructive amount must be handed over to the sufferer, Public Prosecutor R S Vijaya Mohan suggested reporters.
The doctor was sentenced to seven years for offences beneath the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, particularly aggravated sexual assault on a toddler by a public servant, repeated sexual assaults on a minor, and sexual assault of a child by a repeat offender.
He was moreover sentenced to five years imprisonment by the courtroom for the offence of sexual assault of a affected particular person with psychiatric incapacity, the prosecutor talked about.
The courtroom on Wednesday had found the doctor accountable of sexually abusing the minor boy in a private clinic near his dwelling proper right here all through the 2015-’17 interval, Mohan talked about.
The similar courtroom had sentenced the accused to six years of rigorous imprisonment in a similar case a 12 months prior to now.
He was granted bail by the extreme courtroom later.
The prosecution case was that all through the interval from December 6, 2015, to February 21, 2017, the child was sexually abused when he was dropped on the psychologist for counselling.
After the incident, the minor boy’s psychological scenario grew to develop into additional extreme.
Then the accused referred the case to totally different docs and threatened the minor to not reveal the incident.
As a consequence, the child acquired scared and did not converse out.
The family then consulted many various psychologists.
In 2019, the child was admitted to the psychiatry division of the Medical College Hospital proper right here and when the docs took the case historic previous, the boy suggested them regarding the incident.
It was moreover alleged that the accused used to point the child obscene films on the phone.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A selected Fast Track courtroom in Kerala on Thursday sentenced a scientific psychologist to seven years in jail for sexually abusing a 13-year-old boy who was being dealt with for psychological factors.
Special Fast Track Court Judge Aaj Sudarsan moreover imposed a constructive of Rs 1.5 lakh on the 59-year-old convict, Dr Okay Gireesh.
If the constructive won’t be paid, the convict should bear an additional jail time interval of 4 years, the courtroom talked about, together with that the constructive amount must be handed over to the sufferer, Public Prosecutor R S Vijaya Mohan suggested reporters.googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
The doctor was sentenced to seven years for offences beneath the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, particularly aggravated sexual assault on a toddler by a public servant, repeated sexual assaults on a minor, and sexual assault of a child by a repeat offender.
He was moreover sentenced to five years imprisonment by the courtroom for the offence of sexual assault of a affected particular person with psychiatric incapacity, the prosecutor talked about.
The courtroom on Wednesday had found the doctor accountable of sexually abusing the minor boy in a private clinic near his dwelling proper right here all through the 2015-’17 interval, Mohan talked about.
The similar courtroom had sentenced the accused to six years of rigorous imprisonment in a similar case a 12 months prior to now.
He was granted bail by the extreme courtroom later.
The prosecution case was that all through the interval from December 6, 2015, to February 21, 2017, the child was sexually abused when he was dropped on the psychologist for counselling.
After the incident, the minor boy’s psychological scenario grew to develop into additional extreme.
Then the accused referred the case to totally different docs and threatened the minor to not reveal the incident.
As a consequence, the child acquired scared and did not converse out.
The family then consulted many various psychologists.
In 2019, the child was admitted to the psychiatry division of the Medical College Hospital proper right here and when the docs took the case historic previous, the boy suggested them regarding the incident.
It was moreover alleged that the accused used to point the child obscene films on the phone.
