Conviction Islamic institutions and contexts Quranic-school and daara systems Nellikuzhi, Ernakulam, Kerala, India · 2022

India: madrasa teacher sentenced to 20 years for sexually assaulting his 11-year-old student

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Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

madrasa teacher, Nellikuzhi, Ernakulam

Organization

No organization assigned

Spiritual nexus

The victim was the defendant's own student at the madrasa where he taught; the case was charged expressly as abuse by a person in a position of trust and authority over a child at his educational institution.

Guru or spiritual-teacher authority

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Proceedings

2022-06-30 · conviction and sentence

POCSO court, Ernakulam, Kerala, India. Aliyar, a 52-year-old teacher at a madrasa in Nellikuzhi, was convicted of aggravated penetrative sexual assault of his own 11-year-old student, committed over a period beginning in 2020. Special Judge Satheesh Kumar V sentenced him to 20 years' imprisonment on each of several POCSO counts — including sexual assault by staff of an educational institution and by a person in a position of trust or authority — running concurrently, for an effective 20-year term against a cumulative 67 years across counts.

Documented coercion mechanisms

position of trust and religious-instructional authority over a student at the institution

Primary record

Sources

national newspaper court reporting verdict and sentencing report 'Kerala madrasa teacher gets 20 year sentence for sexual assault of 11-yr-old boy', The News Minute, 1 Jul. 2022.: Report of the conviction, sentence breakdown and disclosure circumstances.
national newspaper court reporting verdict and sentencing report 'Kerala court sentences Madrasa teacher to 20 years in jail for sexual assault of minor student', ETV Bharat, 1 Jul. 2022.: Corroborating report of the sentencing.

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