Two BSF men get 42 years’ imprisonment for gang rape and acid attack in Mizoram
A court in Mizoram’s Aizawl district on Tuesday sentenced two Border Security Force (BSF) jawans to 42 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a woman and attacking her with acid in 2017. The court also imposed a fine of ₹60,000 each under these three counts, and on default, they will undergo an additional two months of imprisonment under each count. (HT_PRINT\ Representational photo) The court, however, acquitted the two of the charge of murdering the rape victim’s friend, whose body was found a few days later. The judge ruled that the prosecution had failed to establish beyond a reasonable doubt that the two accused were responsible for her death. Additional District and Sessions Judge, Sylvie Zomuanpuii Ralte, had on June 12 convicted the border guards — Nilanjan Das and Dinesh Kumar — in the case under various sections of the IPC and pronounced the quantum of punishment on Tuesday. 20 years’ rigorous imprisonment for gang rape The court sentenced both convicts to 20 years’ rigorous imprisonment for gang rape, 10 years for rape causing grievous …
