Park Street gangrape: Three sentenced to 10 years in jail

Kolkata, December 11

All the three men convicted in the gangrape of an Anglo-Indian woman on the Park Street here were sentenced to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment on Friday by a court here.

Pronouncing the quantum of punishment during in-camera proceedings, Additional Sessions Judge Chiranjib Bhattacharya of the City Sessions Court also slapped fines of Rs 1 lakh each on Ruman Khan, Naser Khan and Sumit Bajaj.

“The judge after considering all aspects sent them to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment with fine of Rs 1 lakh each. In default, they would have to undergo another six months of rigorous imprisonment,” said a lawyer.

The woman — then 40 years old, a divorcee and mother of two — was beaten up and gangraped at gun-point inside a moving car and then thrown off the vehicle near a city intersection on the night of February 5, 2012, after she had come out of a night club on the Park Street. — IANS