Chhattisgarh: Five men sentenced to death for gangrape-murder of girl, killing of her two family members
The Hindu
Fast-track court sentences five men to death for gangrape and murder of a teenage girl and her family.
A fast-track court in the Korba district of Chhattisgarh has sentenced five men to death for gangraping and killing a 16-year-old girl and murder of her two family members in 2021.
The Fast Track Special Court (FTSC) sentenced another accused in the case to life imprisonment.
Additional sessions Judge Mamta Bhojwani convicted Santram Majhwar (49), Abdul Jabbar (34), Anil Kumar Sarthi (24), Pardeshi Ram (39) and Anand Ram Panika (29) under sections 302 (murder), 376 (2)G (gangarape) and other sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and provisions of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and sentenced them to death, said special public prosecutor Sunil Kumar Mishra on Wednesday.
The court sentenced another accused Umashanakar Yadav (26) to life imprisonment, he said.
While delivering the Judgement on January 15, the court said that this inhuman and cruel act of the accused is extremely perverted, heinous, brutal and cowardly, he said.
The order copy was made available on Monday.
On January 29, 2021, the teenage girl was allegedly raped and bludgeoned with stones before she was dumped in a forest leading to her death near Gadhuproda village under Lemru police station area of Korba district.
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