Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy took note that the convict, Gnanasigamani of Vellakovil in Tiruppur had already undergone 700 days of imprisonment. Hence, he directed the octogenarian, who was 78 when he committed the crime, to surrender within a month, to

The Madras High Court has commuted, from 10 years of rigorous imprisonment, to seven years, the punishment imposed on an 88-year-old shopkeeper for having a raped a 15-year-old girl who subsequently died by suicide, in 2013. The leniency was shown considering the age and frail physical condition of the convict.

Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy took note that the convict, Gnanasigamani of Vellakovil in Tiruppur had already undergone 700 days of imprisonment. Hence, he directed the octogenarian, who was 78 when he committed the crime, to surrender within a month, to