Will continue fight until accused get maximum punishment: Adv T B Mini

KOCHI: TB Mini, the lawyer of the survivor in the actress assault case, said that she will continue her legal fight until the accused in the case get life imprisonment till death. She said the court’s verdict is extremely disappointing. “The accused in the Soumya case is serving life imprisonment until death. This crime is even more brutal than that,” she said.

Mini stated that she did not attend the court to hear the verdict because she did not want to face further humiliation. “That was also my way of protesting. During the trial, I did not get enough opportunities to speak. The prosecutor had demanded the maximum punishment,” she added.

She said there was an understanding with the prosecution that she would not attend court on the day of the verdict. “The prosecutor argued strongly for the survivor. My responsibility was to support the prosecution. The master conspirator has been let off. And the reduced punishment for the other accused is painful,” Mini told the media.

“The accused may have families- wives, children. But how can one sympathise with the accused who brutally tortured a young woman at midnight? This verdict is unacceptable to the people of Kerala, and I do not accept it,” she said.