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10-year jail term for 6 convicts

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Williamnagar gang-rape

SHILLONG: In a landmark judgment, a fast track court in Tura on Monday sentenced six persons involved in the gang rape of a 16-year-old girl at Williamnagar in December, 2012 to 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment.

The fast track court, which convicted the six men– Laston Marak,Tobath Sangma, Platon C Marak, Chengchow D Sangma,Kisen N Marak and Chingkam Ch Marak-on last Friday, pronounced the quantum of sentence on Monday at a packed court room in Tura.

All the six have also been fined Rs.5,000 each and, upon default, would further undergo rigorous imprisonment for six months for the offence punishable under section 376(2)(g) read with section 34 of the Indian Penal Code. The judge N D Sangma said all these sentences shall run simultaneously, and the fines, if and when deposited, shall be paid to the rape victim through her parents. Sixteen persons brutally gang-raped the young girl, after she fell unconscious after being hit with a brick.

They dragged her into a jungle taking turns to commit the crime. The victim was returning home after watching a fashion parade during the Winter Festival organized by the state government along with her friend on that fateful evening.

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