In a quick disposal a Chandigarh court on Tuesday convicted five accused of raping a 20-year-old German tourist in September.
Pankaj Punia, Manvir Singh Jolly, Harpreet Singh Dalli, Sukhwinder Singh Sukhi and Sompal were booked for kidnapping the woman from outside a five star hotel in Chandigarh on September 28 and taking her to a farmhouse in Haryana's Samalakha area, where she was gang raped.
The quantum of sentence would be pronounced on Wednesday.
The in-camera proceedings of the case were held on January 16-17. The recording of statements and cross-examination of the German girl was completed on January 17.
The victim spoke in German during recording her statement and was helped by three interpreters including one from the German embassy.
The woman, who had deposed before the additional district and sessions judge Raj Shekhar Attri, had gone back to her home on January 18. The day-to-day hearing in the case had resumed on Monday.
Source:rediff.
It's hight time we amend laws and make rape an act deserving death sentence.
Severe punishment only can act as a deterrent against such henious crimes.
In the particular rape case mentioned above,it's a foreign tourist who is
raped.It's such a shame.Where is our culture of treating our guests like God.
It's sad that there are such sadists amongst us.
More that any thing our Country's image is taking a beating by these type of incidents,inaddition to spoiling the life of an innocent lady.It's the duty of all citizens to uphold the dignity of Indian women and those of our honoured guests.
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