'Sparing His Life Would Be Misplaced Mercy': Death Penalty Confirmed for Man Convicted of Sexually Assaulting Three Minor Girls: Madras High Court

Madras High Court confirmed the death sentence awarded to Anandhasekar for repeatedly committing aggravated penetrative sexual assault on three minor girls aged 6, 7 and 8 years. The judgment was delivered by a Division Bench comprising Justice Anand Venkatesh and Justice K.K. Ramakrishnan while deciding a death reference filed by the State of Tamil Nadu and an appeal filed by Anandhasekar challenging his conviction and sentence awarded by the Tirunelveli…