According to the prosecution, the incident took place when Soumya, an employee of a Kochi shopping mall, was travelling in a ladies coach on the Ernakulam-Shoranur passenger train on February 1, 2011 and was attacked and pushed off from the slow-moving train by Govindachamy.
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On 15 September, the Supreme Court scrapped the death sentence given to convict Govindachamy in Soumya murder case.
Soumya’s mother broke down before media today after she came to know of Supreme Court’s order commuting Govindachamy’s death.
A three- member bench headed by Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Prafulla C Panth delivered the verdict on the petition filed by Govindachamy challenging the death sentence.
The top court today said there is no evidence that she was thrown off the train and did not jump off.
The prosecution case was that Gonvidachamy had pushed Soumya out of the compartment of the Ernakulam-Shoranur passenger train on February 1 after trying to rob her. He shifted her to a nearby lonely place and, placing her in between two railway tracks and raped her. He also jumped off and then allegedly hit her head with a stone and raped her.
She slammed the Kerala government and prosecution lawyer for failing to produce concrete evidence against Govindachamy in this case.
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Soumya was brutally assaulted and pushed off the train by the accused. Soumya breathed her last Feb 6.
