Lifer to all five convicts in Danish woman abduction-rape case
Additional sessions judge, Ramesh Kumar, had reserved the order for Friday after hearing the arguments on the quantum of sentence.
The judge had convicted Mahendra alias Ganja (27), Mohd Raja (23), Raju (24), Arjun (22) and Raju Chakka (23) under sections 376 (D) (gang-rape), 395 (dacoity), 366 (abducting woman), 342 (wrongful confinement), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code.
Nine men, including three juveniles, were accused of abducting, raping and robbing the 52-year-old Danish woman at knifepoint in the night of January 14, 2014, after she asked for directions to her hotel in Paharganj. She was taken to a secluded placed, beaten up and raped.
One of the accused — Shyam Lal (56) — died in February in Tihar Jail and the three minors are facing proceedings before the Juvenile Justice Board.
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