Two in Uttar Pradesh get life term for gangrape

A fast track court has convicted two persons and sentenced them to life imprisonment for kidnapping and gangraping a minor dalit girl in Muzzafarnagar in UP.

Judge Agad Prasahad also imposed a fine of Rs23,000 on each of the accused, Dalbir and Amjad, after holding them guilty under sections 376 (Punishment for rape, 363 (Punishment for kidnapping), 366 (Kidnapping, abducting or inducing woman to compel her marriage) of the Indian Penal Code and the Dalit Prevention of Atrocities Act.

According to the prosecution, the 15-year-old dalit girl was kidnapped and gangraped by Dalbir and Amjad at Khajurwala village in Saharanpur district on August 23, 2005.