| Court awards 15 years RI, fine Rs 50000 to two in gang rape case | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Oct 22: Principal Sessions Judge Reasi RN Wattal today awarded 15 years rigorous imprisonment and fine Rs 50000 to Rinku Kumar and Kuldeep Kumar in Gang Rape case.
Court also recommends 5 lacs compensation to victim in terms of victim compensation scheme for the victim.
According to the police case that 28.08.2018, complainant in company of her mother Sushma Devi presented a written application addressed to IGP for registering an FIR against the accused Sonu, Kuldeep sons of Tara Chand R/o Arli Hansali, Tehsil Katra, District Reasi, Rinku S/o Gopal Krshan R/o Arli Hansali, Tehsil and District Reasi, Rajkumar S/o Hari R/o Tikri with the averments that the complainant was at her house and at about 11 pm, she went out of her house to urinate and when she came out of the house, all of a sudden she was caught hold, her mouth was closed, she was made to sit in a van that was parked at the gate of her house , in the van she identified the above accused, they took her to forest near Bhumika Temple, in the forest accused Sonu tore her clothes, caught hold of her by breasts by force, committed rape on her.
Principal Sessions Judge Reasi RN Wattal after hearing Public Prosecutor Ranjeet Kumar Gupta for the UT whereas Adv Ashok Sharma for the accused, observed that the nature of the offence committed by the accused plays an important role in awarding the punishment. One of the principles that judiciary has to kept in mind is that rape being a violation with violence of private person of a women causes mental scar, thus not only physical injury but a deep sense of some deathlessness shape is also inflicted. With these observations, Court ordered that each accused is convicted for commission of the offences u/s 366 and 376D read with section 109 and 34 of RPC and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment of two years and fine of Rs. 10,000 for the commission offence u/s 366 of RPC, rigorous imprisonment of fifteen years and fine of Rs.50,000 each for the commission of offence u/s 376D of RPC. Both the sentences shall run concurrently. —JNF |
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