Life imprisonment to three friends for gangrape of Dalit teenager

Special Judge POCSO Act Ramdayal’s special court sentenced three friends to rigorous life imprisonment for luring a Dalit minor and gang-raping her in Delhi. The court has also imposed a fine of Rs 2 lakh on all three. Orders have also been given to pay half of the fine to the victim’s family.

Special Public Prosecutors CP Gupta and Subhav Mishra said that the father of the Dalit teenager had lodged a report at Fatehganj West police station. The allegation was that on May 13, 2014, Deepak, Hariom and Rajkumar of the village lured his minor daughter and took her to Delhi. After the FIR was registered, the police recovered the victim. The victim said in a written statement that Deepak, Hariom and Rajkumar raped her in Delhi. After that Rajkumar and Deepak came back. Then Hariom raped her several times in Delhi. Took him to Alwar Rajasthan and Aligarh. There too, Hariom raped her in a rented room. The police had presented the charge sheet against the three friends in the special court under gang rape, POCSO and SC ST Act.

Courtesy: Hindi News