Man who pushed pregnant woman off train gets life-term

THE Tirupattur District and Sessions Court on Monday sentenced 27-year-old K Hemaraj to life imprisonment till death for attempting to rape and murder a 37-year-old pregnant woman in February this year.

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Judge S Meenakumari sentenced Hemaraj, a habitual offender, under seven provisions of the BNS, including Section 109(1) (attempt to murder), Section 117(3) (voluntarily causing grievous hurt), Section 79 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman), Section 64(2)(H) read with Section 62 (attempting to rape a woman knowing her to be pregnant), Section 127(2) (wrongful confinement), and Section 92 (causing the death of an unborn child by an act amounting to culpable homicide). In addition