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TIRUPUR: A trial court here has awarded life imprisonment to youths for kidnapping and sexually harassing a minor girl in Tamil Nadu 's Tirupur district on Thursday.The 16-year-old school-going girl of Dindigul district came to attend a temple festival in Dharapuram in summer holidays in March 2018. They sexually harassed the girl before dropping her in the same place after 2 hours. Dharapuram all women police registered the case, which was tried before Tirupur fast track Mahila court.As the prosecution proved the cases against the two accused, Judge JP Jayanthi awarded 10 years imprisonment for kidnapping the girl, another 10 years for robbing the two-wheeler, and life imprisonment for sexually harassing her. But all the imprisonment should be served concurrently. On March 9, she was talking with her friend near the temple before intercepted by K Sethupathi, 23, of Mettutheru in Dharapuram and C Kalimuthu, 22, of Meenakhipuram in Dharapuram.Sethupathi and Kalimuthu beat the girl's friend before kidnapping the girl in a two-wheeler..