Kolkata: Four males discovered responsible of raping a minor lady in October 2021 in Bengal’s Murshidabad district and spreading a video of the crime on social media have been sentenced to imprisonment until the top of their pure life by a district court docket on Wednesday, Bibhas Chatterjee, the general public prosecutor within the trial, mentioned.
Four males discovered responsible of raping a minor lady in October 2021 in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district have been sentenced to imprisonment until the top of their pure life (Representative photograph)
Dipta Ghosh, the choose at Lalbag sub-divisional court docket in Murshidabad, additionally slapped a nice of ₹2 lakh every on the convicts Basudeb Mondal, Mithun Das, Akash Mondal and Arun Mondal.
The males have been convicted underneath varied sections of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, Indian Penal Code and Information Technology Act. The trial resulted in 120 days.
“The court ordered the state to pay a compensation of ₹4 lakh to the gang rape victim and said she will also get the fine amount of ₹8 lakh collected from the convicts,” Chatterjee mentioned.
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The punishment was pronounced two days earlier than the graduation of Durga puja, Bengal’s largest pageant. The crime, too, was dedicated two days earlier than the pageant in 2021.
“The salient feature of this case is the digital evidence against the guilty. They shot a video of the crime and threatened the girl that they would share it on social media if she spoke to anyone about the incident. They made the video public although the girl had kept quiet out of fear,” Chatterjee mentioned.
“Copies of the video were sent to state forensic science laboratories in Pune, Assam and Kolkata. Examination of the video showed that two of the rapists had tattoos on their arms. The tattoos seen on the video matched with the ones found on the suspects after their arrest. Voice samples collected from the video were also matched. The case has shown how crucial electronic evidence can be,” Chatterjee added.
Source: www.hindustantimes.com
