Kolkata: A court in Bolpur has sentenced all 13 convicts in the Labhpur gangrape case to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 5,000 each. The court has also directed the West Bengal government to shoulder the financial responsibilities of all the family dependents of the convicts till such time they are in jail.
The judge had found all the 13 guilty under Sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 342 (wrongful confinement) and 376(2)(g) (gang rape) of the IPC.
The convicts were found guilty of gangraping a 20-year-old tribal girl in January, on the orders of a kangaroo court. She was punished for having an affair with a person outside her community.
A police complaint was lodged on January 22 against the 13 persons. The young woman was admitted to Suri hospital and after a week's treatment she was transferred to a NGO-run government approved home at Suri. She has been there since then.
(With additional information from PTI)
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