Chennai, June 3 -- A Women Court here on Monday awarded life sentence for a minimum period of 30 years without remission to the accused Gnanasekaran, who has been convicted for rape of a girl student on the Anna University campus in December last year. Women Court judge M Rajalakshmi, who convicted 37-year-old Gnanasekaran on May 28, awarded life imprisonment for a minimum period of 30 years without remission for the offence of rape, which falls under section 64 (1) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Act (BNS) and the judge imposed a total fine of '90,000 on him.
Chief Minister MK Stalin said the very stringent punishment has been
secured and thanked the court and welcomed the judgment.
The chief minister recalled that recently the Government ha...