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The Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses Court (POCSO) in Bhagalpur has sentenced three persons to life imprisonment on charges of gang-raping a minor girl on 29 July 2020 in a village under Kahalgaon police station.
The victim died a few days after the incident.
Additional District Judge (VII) Lavkush Kumar's court also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 each on the three accused - Aman Yadav, Ravi Raushan Yadav and Kundan Yadav, who raped the minor girl at a remote location and later dumped her in nearby village unconscious.
Special public prosecutor Jaikaran Gupta said, “On July 29, 2020, the girl's family filed a case against the three accused. During the trial, the POCSO court found all three guilty and sentenced them to life imprisonment.”
The case was argued from the government side by Special PP Naresh Prasad Ram and him.