Sundergarh: Sundergarh District and Circuit Judge sentenced on Thursday three convicts to 20 years imprisonment each in a case pertaining to the gang-rape of a widow woman in a moving car.
According to reports, the widow had gone to her relative’s house on November 29, 2015, and when she was returning home in Rajgangpur police station limits, her neighbours Sonu Soi, Indru Kerketa, and Pravin Barla offered to give her a lift in their car. After she got into the car, the three convicts took turns to rape her for 5-6 hours in the moving vehicle and later dropped her on the roadside near her house.
Finally, the widow could escape their clutches and left the car near her house.
Public prosecutor Abdul Shamin Akhtar said, “Hearing the case, the court awarded the verdict based on the testimony and evidence of 21 people. The court has also ordered that the convicts would have to pay a fine of Rs 5,000 each and in case of default they will serve two additional months of imprisonment.”
