Man gets 120-year jail term for abusing minor stepdaughters
A 50-year-old man has been sentenced to 120 years in prison and fined ₹90,000 for the sexual abuse of his 11- and 12-year-old stepdaughters, according to a Special Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Court in Manjeri. Judge K.S. Varun handed down a 60-year sentence and a ₹45,000 fine for each of the two offenses.
If the fine remains unpaid, the convicted man will spend an additional three months in prison for each case. The accused lived with the children's mother and her five children in a rented house at Kondotty. He abused the 12-year-old child from September 2023 and the 11-year-old from March 2025, when they returned home from the orphanage during school holidays.
The elder sister had previously left home due to fear of the abuse. During the 2025 summer vacation, the older sister took the children to Kozhikode beach, where they revealed the abuse. A complaint was filed at the Kondotty police station, and the police subsequently filed a chargesheet. The accused was found guilty under multiple POCSO Act sections.
The court ordered the fine to be paid to the survivors and directed the District Legal Services Authority to ensure compensation from the Victim Compensation Fund. Eighteen witnesses testified, and 18 documents were submitted in court. The convicted man was transferred to the Central Jail at Tavanur.
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