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2026 Supreme(Online)(Mad) 38318

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
B.Pugalendhi, J
Sudalaimadan – Appellant
Versus
State of Tamil Nadu – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Mr.Jayaramachandran.A
For the Respondents:Mr.AS.Abul Kalaam Azad, Government Advocate

Table of Content
1. details conviction under pocso act. (Para 1)
2. petitioner claims mental illness. (Para 2)
3. petition dismissed; treatment directed. (Para 3 , 4)

ORDER

The petitioner is sole accused in SplSC.No.27 of 2020 on the file of the Sessions Judge, Special Court for Exclusive Trial of Cases under POCSO Act, Thoothukudi. By judgment dated 04.11.2022, he was found guilty, convicted and sentenced to undergo 20 years of rigorous imprisonment with a fine of Rs.25,000/- for the offence under Sections 5(m), 5(n) r/w 6 of the . As against the conviction and sentence imposed by the trial Court, the petitioner has filed an appeal in CrlA(MD)No.164 of 2023. The appeal has been admitted by this Court on 30.03.2026. Along with the appeal, this petition has been filed to suspend the sentence imposed on him by the trial court.

2.The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is suffering with mental illness and therefore, prayed to grant of interim suspension for taking treatment.

3.This Court has perused the materials placed on record and found that the sentence imposed on the petitioner has been suspended twice. This court is not inclined to entertain this petition on

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