India News | Maha: Four Men Sentenced to 20 Years RI in Gangrape Case

Nagpur, Oct 8 (PTI) A sessions court has sentenced four men to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment and fined them Rs 55,000 each for raping a woman in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra.

District sessions judge R N Mehere on Wednesday convicted Nikhil Mandal (26), Rajesh Dakva (30), Mahadev Barai (28) and Swarup Mistry (35) under section 376 (rape) and other relevant provisions of the IPC, a release issued by Gadchiroli police stated.

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The accused were sentenced to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment and a penalty of Rs 55,000 each was imposed on them, it was stated.

The court also ordered Rs 2 lakh to be given to the victim as compensation.

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The investigating officer in the case inspector Nisha Khobragade said the incident had taken place in August 2018.

The victim and her fianc were standing on a road near Laldongri in Chamorshi tehsil, when the accused accosted them, snatched away Rs 4,000, took some photographs of the couple and dragged the victim to a jungle, where they raped her, the official said.

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