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16 March 2018

Three men, two of them brothers, pleaded not guilty at the Ayer Keroh Sessions Court today to a charge of raping an under-aged girl,








Three plead not guilty to gang-raping 17-year-old Melaka girl [NSTTV]
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MOHD HILMIE HUSSIN
New Straits Times15 March 2018



MELAKA: Three men, two of them brothers, pleaded not guilty at the Ayer Keroh Sessions Court today to a charge of raping an under-aged girl, last month.

The charges against A Sarawanankumar, 24, his brother Gunasekaran, 23, and K Dinesh, 23, were read out in Tamil before Judge Norma Ismail.

According to the charge, the three were accused of gang raping the 17-year-old.

They were charged under Section 375B of the Penal Code, which upon conviction carries a maximum jail term of 30 years.

Gunasekaran was also charged with sexual physical assault on the same victim, and was charged under Section

14(a) of the Sexual Crimes Against Children Act 2017, which provides for a maximum jail term of 20 years, and whipping.

Sarawanankumar, meanwhile, faced two separate charges while Dinesh was charged with one count of carnal intercourse against the order of nature against the victim. He was charge under Section 377C of the Penal Code which provides for a maximum prison term of 20 years and whipping, if convicted.

The offences were committed at a house in the Alor Gajah district, around 8.40pm and 10.10pm on Feb 28.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Azhar Mokhtar requested for bail to be denied to prevent the possibility of any tampering with the victim, who is the witness in the case.

However, Nahdan Rengganathan Abdullah, who is representing the accused, asked for a lower bail, on the account that Sarawanankumar is jobless, while Gunasekaran is caring for their mother who is ill. Dinesh, who works as an assistant lorry driver, also looks after his disabled elder sister.

The court rejected the bail application and fixed April 18 for re-mention. © New Straits Times Press

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