HC commutes death sentence of a man convicted of repeated sexual assault of daughter

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has commuted the death sentence awarded by a trial court in Tirunelveli district to a man convicted of sexually assaulting his minor daughter repeatedly. He has, instead, been awarded life imprisonment till his natural death.

The court was hearing the referred trial and the appeal filed by the man against the judgment of the Special Court for POCSO Act cases. The prosecution case was that the appellant exploited the girl over a period of time; as a result, she became pregnant and had to undergo abortion.