The second defendant in a sexual assault case petitioned against his conviction in a Madras High Court where he claimed it was unlawful to conduct a joint trial on a sexual assault offence since the offences were done independently. G.K. Ilanthiraiyan and R. Poornima found that the two crimes against the same 11-year-old victim were considered to be a part of the same transaction, and therefore a joint trial was allowable. The Court pointed out that where the case falls under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, it is the interest of the child that is paramount and retrial would be traumatizing to the victim. It held that there was no prejudice caused by using a common Section 313 CrPC questionnaire and that simple procedural infractions do not affix a trial unless there is a demonstrable failure of justice. This was denied and the life sentence was affirmed.