A Court in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras District today sentenced the sole convict (Sandeep Sisodia) in September 2020 alleged Gang Rape and Murder case। The court of Spl. J. (SC/ST, Pev.of Atroci Act) Hathras, Judge Trilok Pal Singh pronounced the verdict today convicting Sandeep Sisodia for the offences of Culpable Homicide not amounting to Murder under the Indian Penal Code (Section 304) and for offences under the SC-ST Act.
Four accused has been found guilty of offence of Gangrape
Other three accused – Ravi (35), Luv Kush (23), and Ramu (26) – who faced the trial in the case, have been acquitted of the charges. However, none of the four accused has been found guilty of offence of Gangrape, or Murder by the Special Court.
Victim in the case was allegedly abducted and gang raped
Recalled that the victim in the case was allegedly abducted and gang raped by four men in UP’s Hathras district on September 14, 2020, and she was subjected to brutal torture by breaking her bones and cutting off her tongue. She passed away on 29 September 2020 and was cremated by police officials (allegedly at the directions of Hathras DM) in the middle of the night without the consent of her family.
Dissatisfied with the reasons given by the UP administration
Calling the act of hurried cremation an “extremely sensitive” matter, touching upon the basic human/ fundamental rights of the citizens, the Allahabad High Court had taken suo moto cognizance of the entire episode in October 2020.Dissatisfied with the reasons given by the UP administration for the hasty cremation of the victim, the Allahabad High Court, on October 2020, expressed its displeasure on the entire incident and deprecated the local authorities for violating the victim and her family’s human and fundamental rights.
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CBI filed the charge sheet against all four accused
Probe in the case was transferred to the CBI in October 2020. CBI filed the charge sheet against all four accused in December 2020.
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