A neighborhood court docket on Tuesday sentenced two brothers to twenty years of rigorous imprisonment after they had been convicted of raping a minor schoolgirl on the North Tripura district.
Talking to reporters, Public Prosecutor Sudarshan Sharma mentioned that the native court docket at Dharmanagar in North Tripura district convicted two brothers of getting dedicated rape on the minor, sentenced them to twenty years of rigorous imprisonment.
The duo was arrested on the idea of an FIR lodged on the Dharmanagar Ladies police station in February 2022.
The police submitted a chargesheet earlier than the court docket in two months and after an extended listening to of over two years, the court docket, not too long ago despatched the accused to 10 years of imprisonment and imposed fines of Rs 10,000 underneath the Part 376 (2) of the IPC, failing which six months of extra imprisonment could be slapped on them.
They had been additionally sentenced to 1 12 months jail and Rs 1,000 advantageous every for violating Part 506 of the IPC. Failure to pay the advantageous would incur extra one month imprisonment.
Each convicted individuals had been additionally sentenced to twenty years imprisonment together with a advantageous of Rs 25,000 underneath Part 6 of the Safety of Youngsters from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. Failure to pay the advantageous would incur extra eight months imprisonment, public prosecutor Sharma mentioned.
He additionally knowledgeable that the grievance was lodged virtually a 12 months after the incident first occurred in 2021. In keeping with Sharma, the sexual assault survivor was on her means again from faculty and went to the convict’s place, asking his mom for a glass of water. Each households had been acquainted with one another and the survivor used to name the convict’s mom “grandmother”.
Making the most of the survivor being alone on the time, one of many perpetrators dedicated the crime, the counsel added. His youthful brother who was witness to the incident, later blackmailed the woman and raped her as effectively.
The woman later turned pregnant and delivered a toddler a number of months later, following which the household lodged a case with the police.
Earlier, on October 4 this 12 months, two folks accused of rape and homicide of a minor in 2019 had been discovered responsible by the identical court docket and had been awarded dying sentences.
