Five men were sentenced to life time imprisonment today for gangraping a 52 year Old Danish woman at Knife Point near New Delhi Railway Station. This incident happened two years back. Additional Sessions Judge Ramesh Kumar awarded the jail term to convicts Mahender alias Ganja (25), Mohd Raja (25), Raju (23), Arjun (21) and Raju Chakka (30).
The Judge said all the convicts are sentenced to life time imprisonment under section 376 D IPC. The Court also imposed a fine of Rs.83,000 on Raju and Raju Chakka, Rs 93,000 each on Mahender and Mohd Raja and Rs 1,03,000 on Arjun respectively.
The court has held these five men guilty for the offences under IPC sections 376 (D) (gang rape), 395 (dacoity), 366 (kidnapping), 342 (wrongful confinement), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 34 (common intention). There is another accused and he died by February and proceedings against him were abated.
As per reports, the lady came to India on January 1st and she stayed in Delhi couple of days before leaving to Agra. After visiting several places, she returned to Delhi on January 13, 2014, and stayed in a hotel in Paharganj near the station.
