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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madrasa teacher, Nellikuzhi, Ernakulam

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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.

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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.

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

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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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Source and tier basis: https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/kerala-madrasa-teacher-gets-20-year-sentence-sexual-assault-11-yr-old-boy-165441 Corpus classification: national-newspaper-court-reporting; evidentiary role: verdict-and-sentencing-report. SHA-256 730fb3996c5f16c8abb74a76b45f2285a166aa58de6a051fc1667dc77bd39408
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Source and tier basis: https://www.etvbharat.com/english/state/kerala/kerala-court-sentences-madrasa-teacher-to-20-years-in-jail-for-sexual-assault-of-minor-student/na20220701225911280280463 Corpus classification: national-newspaper-court-reporting; evidentiary role: verdict-and-sentencing-report. SHA-256 42d452bf611359d7c0e6a2b85a02149e832ede5b24535a3786e368dc210a8c0a
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