Sulur Minor Girl Sexual Assault and Murder Case: Coimbatore POCSO Court to Pronounce Verdict on November 16

Coimbatore: The judgment in the sexual assault and murder case of a 10-year-old girl near Sulur, which shook the entire state, is scheduled to be pronounced on November 16.

The victim, a Class 5 student from a village near Sulur in Coimbatore district, went missing from near her residence on the evening of May 21, 2026. Following a search by her family and neighbours, they approached the Sulur police. Her body was found in a waterbody near Kannampalayam on May 22, a day after she went missing.

The first accused, K. Karthi (35), and the second accused, R. Mohan (31), both residents of Pallapalayam, were arrested in connection with the case and are currently lodged in Coimbatore Central Prison. The trial is being conducted before the Special POCSO Court in Coimbatore.

According to the prosecution, Karthi allegedly abducted the girl from her neighbourhood after promising to buy her chocolates. He took her on a motorcycle to private land abutting Kannampalayam tank, where he sexually assaulted and murdered her. Mohan, who was allegedly in contact with Karthi before and after the crime, was accused of failing to report the offence and misleading the police.

The Coimbatore District Police filed an 819-page charge sheet in the case on June 10, comprising 215 documents and listing 104 prosecution witnesses.

Karthi has been charged under Sections 61(2)(a), 140(1), 140(4), 103(1), 238(a), 127(2) and 65(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), along with Sections 5(i), 5(l), 5(m) and 5(j)(iv) read with Section 6(1) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

Mohan has been charged under Sections 61(2)(a), 140(1), 140(4) read with Section 49, 238(a), 240 and 249(a) of the BNS, along with Section 6(1) read with Sections 16 and 17 of the POCSO Act.