Kochi, Dec 12, 2025

Public Prosecutor Ajakumar on Friday said he was deeply dissatisfied with the sentence in the high-profile actor assault case, calling the punishment handed down by the Ernakulam Principal Sessions Court “incomplete justice” and warning it could send the wrong message to society.

Speaking to the media after the verdict, Ajakumar said the prosecution had suffered “no setback,” but that the punishment meted out to the six convicts was inadequate given the gravity of the offence.

He said he would recommend that the State government file an appeal seeking a harsher sentence.

“The sentence is not the court’s generosity; it is the prosecution’s right,” he said, adding that several difficulties faced by the prosecution during the trial would be disclosed “in appropriate fo

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