The Mahila Court here on Tuesday slapped 10 years rigorous imprisonment and imposed fine of Rs. 15,000 on a Chennai-based driver, Ramajayam (26), who, due to his suspicious nature, had disfigured the face of his estranged college-going girl-friend with acid at Kallukuzhi in Tiruchi last year.
It was to keep their daughter away from Ramajayam that the girl's parents had shifted her from Tiruvanmiyur to her grandfather's house at Kallukuzhi from where she pursued higher studies at a women's college in the city.
On April 27, 2010, Ramajayam had approached the girl's grandfather and coaxed him into believing that he was there to hand over photographs of him with the girl in his possession. Promising to give the photographs after a parting talk, Ramajayam took the girl to a nearby temple in the locality where he emptied on her face a bottle of acid concealed in his bag. The right portion of the girl's head, neck, hands and back got burnt, and she also lost her earlobe in the impact.
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According to the Public Prosecutor, Mahila Court, Chellam Tamilarasan, the accused was charged under IPC sections 326 (Causing grievous hurt) and 307 (attempt to murder), Section 4 of the Tamil Nadu Prevention of Women Harassment Act.
The Mahila Court Judge M.Mayandi sentenced the culprit to ten years rigorous imprisonment and imposed fine of Rs.5,000 under the first count, and two years rigorous imprisonment and Rs.10,000 fine under the third count. The sentences will run concurrently.