On Saturday the court of Additional District and Session judge Om Prakash Pandey sentenced four accused of gangrape of a minor four years ago to life imprisonment.
All the accused are presently behind the bars in Hazaribagh central jail in this case. Court has also fined rupees seventeen thousand cash to all the accused. Among the accused son of a DSP is also included. The incident has taken place on August 26, 2013 in a house of canary hill road Hazaribagh.
After hearing the arguments of both the sides the court found all the four accused guilty of the gang rape of the minor girl. Finally the court sentenced life imprisonment to Praveen Kumar alias Dhannu, son of DSP of Jharkhand police Arjun Ram, his friend Ritesh Kumar, Anurag Basu and Sujeet Kumar.
The incidence took place on August 26, 2013 when Praveen and his friends kidnapped the minor girl from road side and kept her in an abandoned house on Canary hill road situated just in front of the house of that minor girl. After two days they released the girl with a threatening that if she will say anything about the incident they will kill her entire family members.
Meanwhile the father of the girl has already given a petition to Hazaribagh police that his daughter is missing.
On August 28, 2013 when the girl was released police first took her statement and then started investigation. During investigation Hazaribagh police gathered crucial proofs of the gang rape from that abandoned house which helped the police and government pleader to pursue the case in the court.
In this judgment the court also took the statement of that minor girl given on August 29, 2013 in front of court under section 164. Under POSCO act the case was registered and after about four years the judgment came. The denizens of Hazaribagh have welcomed this decision.