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The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday granted bail to pontiff of Murugha Mutt of Chitradurga, Dr. Shivamurthy Muruga Sharanaru, accused of sexually abusing two minor girls staying in the hostels run...

The first sexual assault took place when the sister took the child home on the pretext of not wanting to sleep alone.

The offence of "aggravated sexual assault" under the Pocso Act was "proved beyond all reasonable doubt" against the man, said the Delhi High Court.

"Such conduct of the teacher would certainly create an atmosphere of fear in the minds of people of society and such perpetrator should not go unpunished," the Allahabad High Court added.

CHENNAI: The Chennai city police arrested a salon owner for sexually assaulting a Class IV girl.

Coimbatore: A 43-year-old man, who was facing trial in a Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act case, died by suicide at his residenc.

The court not only imposed a 10-year imprisonment but also levied a fine of Rs 5,000 on K Robindro for his involvement in the sexual assault of a three-year-old minor girl in Bishnupur district back in 2018.

While granting the accused interim bail, the Court in April had directed the AIIMS to constitute a medical board to examine him.

The police are on the lookout for the accused, who is a truck driver. The minor and her sister had been staying with their father after their mother moved to her maternal home following a fight with him.

Coimbatore: The vice-principal of a private school in Coimbatore was arrested by the East All Women Police and booked under the Protection of Children.