Suryanelli rape case: SC annuls all 35 acquittals
1 Feb 2013 8:10 AM IST
In a judgment that brought relief to the family of the victim in the infamous Suryanelli rape case, the Supreme Court on Thursday annulled the verdict of the Kerala High Court and ordered retrial of the case. All 35 accused who were let free by the high court in 2005 have been directed to surrender before the court in three weeks.
The high court has been asked to see that the re-trial is completed in six months. Speaking to the media here soon after the verdict, the father of the victim said: ‘God is great.’
‘We know that God’s justice has been delivered through the judges of the apex court. My daughter would obviously be happy. Right now, she is in office,’ the woman’s father said. The case came to be known as Suryanelli case as the victim, then 16 years old, hailed from Suryanelli, Idukki district.
The high court has been asked to see that the re-trial is completed in six months. Speaking to the media here soon after the verdict, the father of the victim said: ‘God is great.’
‘We know that God’s justice has been delivered through the judges of the apex court. My daughter would obviously be happy. Right now, she is in office,’ the woman’s father said. The case came to be known as Suryanelli case as the victim, then 16 years old, hailed from Suryanelli, Idukki district.
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