16-year-old gets life for gang rape

Jayanta Gupta | TNN | Aug 25, 2018 | KOLKATA: A special court in Sealdah on Friday awarded life term to a 16-year-old and another person for a gang rape committed on December 16, 2017. Jimut Bahan Biswas, Additional District Judge-I of the Special Pocso Court, relied on the updated Juvenile Justice Bill of May 7, 2015, that provides for treating those who are above 16 years of age as adults for heinous crimes such as rape.

The 12-year-old girl had been raped by the boy and his 21-year-old accomplice Sujay Sardar near Ultadanga’s Basanti Colony.

“It was a difficult case as a minor was the accused. We relied on evidence and the statements of the victim. The two convicts have also been ordered to pay fines of Rs 200,000 each. Of this sum, 90% will go to the girl as compensation, the court has ordered,” said Vivek Sharma, special public prosecutor, Pocso cases, Sealdah.

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16-year-old gets life for gang rape

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