Coimbatore: The district mahila court is expected to deliver verdict in the sensational gang rape case involving a college girl in the first week of March.On Tuesday, judge (in charge) V Sundararaj questioned the accused in a closed room for more than one and half hours. Special public prosecutor B Jisha presented her arguments in the afternoon and sought maximum punishment. After the defence completes its arguments, the court is expected to deliver the verdict in the first week of March. According to a court source, the accused – T Karuppusamy alias Satheesh, 30, of Singampunari in Sivaganga district, his brother T Kaleeswaran alias Karthik, 21, and their relative M Guna alias Thavasi, 20, of Madurai district – were booked under sections 324(4) (mischief causing loss or damage to property), 127(2) (wrongful confinement), 309(4) (attempted robbery), 311 (causing grievous hurt), 70(1) (gang rape), 74 (assault with intent to outrage a woman’s modesty), 76 (assault with intent to strip a woman naked) and 111(2) (criminal conspiracy) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. The initial chargesheet was filed on Dec 2, 2025, following chief minister M K Stalin’s order. An additional chargesheet was filed on Jan 8 this year. The court began examining witnesses on Feb 2. A total of 72 witnesses, including two victims, their family members, friends, police officers, CCTV footage experts and DNA experts, were examined. The court also examined 111 govt exhibits. The witness examination was completed within 20 days of its commencement. The college girl was gang-raped by the trio, who first assaulted her boyfriend while the duo were taking in a stationary car and took her away, in a deserted area near the city airport on the intervening night of Nov 2 and 3, 2025.
