Idukki: A special POCSO court on Saturday sentenced a 44-year-old man to death for murdering his six-year-old nephew, raping the minor’s sister and grievously injuring the mother and the grandmother of the victims two years ago.
The incident took place on the night of October 3, 2021.
Idukki Fast Track Special Court Judge T G Varghese awarded capital punishment to the accused Sunil Kumar and sentenced him to cumulative imprisonment of 92 years including four life terms in a case registered at the Vellathooval police station in 2021.
The sentences will run concurrently.
According to the prosecution, Sunil Kumar, who had enmity towards the family, entered the house of the deceased child and hammered him to death, and grievously injured his mother.
He later went to the nearby house where the grandmother and the elder sister of the deceased child were sleeping and attacked them. He brutally assaulted the grandmother and raped the 14-year-old girl.
The incident came to light when the child escaped and informed the neighbours.
The death sentence was awarded in the case of the murder of the child while his imprisonment till the end of natural life was granted in the other cases of rape and assault.
With inputs from PTI