<p> A Special CBI court here today found five persons including a woman guilty in the sensational Kiliroor sex scandal case of 2004 in which a minor girl was sexually abused by being offered a role in television serials.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Judge T S P Moosath found the accused guilty under section 376(2-G) (gang rape) 120-B (conspiracy) and also for charges of abetting the crime.<br /><br />Delivering the judgement, Judge Moosath observed that four accused Praveen, Manoj, Kochumon and Prasanth were found guilty for rape, which will attract a maximum of ten years rigorous imprisonment. The lone woman accused, Omanakutty, was also found guilty.<br /><br />All the accused are in their early to mid-thirties.<br /><br />The court reserved the case for pronouncing sentence to February 8. All the accused were present in the court when the verdict was delivered.<br /><br />The case came to light after the girl gave birth to a child and died at a hospital in Kottayam district in November 13, 2004. The girl had died due to certain health complications which she developed after the delivery, the prosecution said.<br /><br />The court, however, acquitted the seventh accused in the case. The first accused, also a woman and a relative of the victim, had turned approver in the case.<br /><br />Referring to the first accused Latha Nair, the Judge said she had been found guilty for abetting the crime.<br /><br />According to the prosecution, the accused persons solicited the minor girl from Kiliroor village in Kottayam district offering her a role in television serials.<br /><br />She was sexually abused by various persons at different places, the prosecution said.</p>
<p> A Special CBI court here today found five persons including a woman guilty in the sensational Kiliroor sex scandal case of 2004 in which a minor girl was sexually abused by being offered a role in television serials.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Judge T S P Moosath found the accused guilty under section 376(2-G) (gang rape) 120-B (conspiracy) and also for charges of abetting the crime.<br /><br />Delivering the judgement, Judge Moosath observed that four accused Praveen, Manoj, Kochumon and Prasanth were found guilty for rape, which will attract a maximum of ten years rigorous imprisonment. The lone woman accused, Omanakutty, was also found guilty.<br /><br />All the accused are in their early to mid-thirties.<br /><br />The court reserved the case for pronouncing sentence to February 8. All the accused were present in the court when the verdict was delivered.<br /><br />The case came to light after the girl gave birth to a child and died at a hospital in Kottayam district in November 13, 2004. The girl had died due to certain health complications which she developed after the delivery, the prosecution said.<br /><br />The court, however, acquitted the seventh accused in the case. The first accused, also a woman and a relative of the victim, had turned approver in the case.<br /><br />Referring to the first accused Latha Nair, the Judge said she had been found guilty for abetting the crime.<br /><br />According to the prosecution, the accused persons solicited the minor girl from Kiliroor village in Kottayam district offering her a role in television serials.<br /><br />She was sexually abused by various persons at different places, the prosecution said.</p>