FOUR GET 20 YRS IN PRISON FOR RAPING MINOR

The Gautam Budh Nagar district court has awarded 20 years of imprisonment to four men for raping a 14-year-old girl in 2015.

The victim’s father had lodged an FIR at Jewar police station on July 13, 2015. He had alleged that Mohsin enticed his 14-year-old daughter and took her with him as some villagers had seen him with the girl. Police had registered a case under sections 363 (kidnapping) and 366 (kidnapping woman to compel her marriage) of Indian Penal Code.

The police had recovered the victim and launched a probe. In her statements to the police, the victim had stated that she was taken to several places and four persons raped her. On July 5, 2016, police had filed a charge sheet against the four accused -Mohsin, Allaudin, Sadab and Irshad -- under IPC sections 363,366,368 (confinement), 376D (gang rape), and 506 (criminal intimidation), among others, and under POCSO Act .

The court passed the ruling on Thursday. “Additional District Judge Anil Kumar has awarded 20 years’ imprisonment under IPC section 376D (gang rape) to Mohsin, Allaudin, Sadab and Irshad. The court has also awarded five years in jail under IPC section 366 to them. Both the sentences will run concurrently,” said Neetu Bishnoi, special public prosecutor.