The Court of Principal Judicial Commissioner, Navneet Kumar on Monday sentenced all 11 accused of Law student gangrape case to life imprisonment and ordered all the accused to pay Rs 50,000 each to the victim.
Kumar on Wednesday had convicted all 11 persons in abduction and gang rape of the Student at Sangrampur under Kanke Police Station in the State Capital which took place on November 26 last year.
Kumar sentenced all the accused to life imprisonment till the last breath under Section 376 D of IPC for this heinous crime. The security of the Court was beefed up before the sentencing. When the Court ruled in the case, the Director General of Police of Jharkhand (DGP), Kamal Nayan Choubey, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Anish Gupta, Ranchi Rural Superintendent of Police, Rishabh Jha along with other police officials involved in the investigation of the case were present. The date of March 2 was fixed for hearing on the points of punishment.
The convicted persons were Kuldeep Oraon, Sunil Oraon, Sandeep Tirkey, Ajay Munda, Rajan Oraon, Naveen Oraon, Basant Kachhap, Ravi Oraon, Rohit Oraon, Sunil Munda and Rishi Oraon involved in abduction, gang rape and criminal conspiracy.
It may be mentioned here that a student of Law University in the State Capital was abducted then gang raped under Kanke Police Station area of the State Capital on November 26, 2019. The victim had filed a case on just next day of the incidence at Kanke Police Station on November 27. Taking quick action, the District Police filed the charge sheet and the Court completed the hearing as per the guidelines of the High Court to pronounce the verdict within three months and just after 50 days of hearing, the accused were convicted.
Apart from the 11 convicted accused, a minor was also involved in this gang rape, whose case is being heard in the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB). The charge in this case was fixed by the Court on January 6, 2020. A total of 21 persons registered their statement as witness from January 7 to January 12.
All the accused were convicted under various sections of Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 376D, 366,323 and 120B. The prosecution had asked the court to give maximum punishment to all the culprits.
Terming the decision as victory of strong prosecution, investigation and victim’s determination DGP Choubey said that the investigating team of the State Police did its work in very with alacrity, prosecution side also present their evidences in very right manner and above all the determination of the victim who filed the FIR in just next day of the incidence and she calmly listened the question during the hearing and answered strongly to all the questions which brought all the accused behind the bar.