The judge also ordered the state to pay the woman survivor a compensation of Rs 7 lakh, and her male friend, who had been assaulted by the trio, Rs 2 lakh.
Suspects, injured during arrest, brought from prison; police plan custodial interrogation to check links to other crimes before filing charge sheet in early December.
Palaniswami said that the Coimbatore City Police Commissioner claimed that 100 police personnel carried out a massive search operation at the crime location.