Hathras gang-rape-murder: principal accused will get life imprisonment, 3 others acquitted 

Express News Service

LUCKNOW: The three males accused within the Hathras gang rape and homicide case, which sparked outrage throughout the nation and worldwide, have been acquitted by an SC/ST court docket within the district whereas one has been held responsible, whose sentence shall be introduced publish lunch on Thursday.

The rape cost couldn’t be proved in opposition to the prime accused, his lawyer Munna Singh Pundir mentioned.

The case pertains to the 2020 incident the place a Dalit minor was brutally gang-raped by 4 upper-caste males in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras on September 14, 2020.

She died on September 29 at Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital throughout remedy.

Not simply that, the sufferer was cremated in the midst of the evening in her village by the district administration, sparking accusations of a cover-up and widespread condemnation of Yogi Adityanath’s authorities.

The court docket held Sandeep (20) responsible below part 304 (culpable murder not amounting to homicide) of the Indian Penal Code, a lesser cost than part 302 (homicide).

Ravi (35), Luv Kush (23) and Ramu (26) had been acquitted within the case that triggered outrage and put the Yogi Adityanath authorities within the dock over legislation and order within the state.

The court docket additionally slapped a effective of Rs 50,000 in opposition to Sandeep.

The cost sheet within the case was filed by CBI within the SC/ST court docket right here in opposition to all of the 4 accused for homicide and gang rape, and below sections of the SC/ST Act.

Lawyer Seema Kushwaha, who’s representing the Dalit sufferer’s household, mentioned they may problem the decision within the excessive court docket.

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(With inputs from Online Desk and PTI)

LUCKNOW: The three males accused within the Hathras gang rape and homicide case, which sparked outrage throughout the nation and worldwide, have been acquitted by an SC/ST court docket within the district whereas one has been held responsible, whose sentence shall be introduced publish lunch on Thursday.

The rape cost couldn’t be proved in opposition to the prime accused, his lawyer Munna Singh Pundir mentioned.

The case pertains to the 2020 incident the place a Dalit minor was brutally gang-raped by 4 upper-caste males in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras on September 14, 2020.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

She died on September 29 at Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital throughout remedy.

Not simply that, the sufferer was cremated in the midst of the evening in her village by the district administration, sparking accusations of a cover-up and widespread condemnation of Yogi Adityanath’s authorities.

The court docket held Sandeep (20) responsible below part 304 (culpable murder not amounting to homicide) of the Indian Penal Code, a lesser cost than part 302 (homicide).

Ravi (35), Luv Kush (23) and Ramu (26) had been acquitted within the case that triggered outrage and put the Yogi Adityanath authorities within the dock over legislation and order within the state.

The court docket additionally slapped a effective of Rs 50,000 in opposition to Sandeep.

The cost sheet within the case was filed by CBI within the SC/ST court docket right here in opposition to all of the 4 accused for homicide and gang rape, and below sections of the SC/ST Act.

Lawyer Seema Kushwaha, who’s representing the Dalit sufferer’s household, mentioned they may problem the decision within the excessive court docket.

WATCH:

(With inputs from Online Desk and PTI)