BAREILLY: A district court in Bareilly Monday sentenced three accused to life imprisonment for a brutal gang rape in May 2021, where a knife was inserted into the survivor’s rectum. The survivor spent months in a hospital and underwent reconstructive surgery. Sonu Bhatia, Rajiv Kumar, and Monu Singh were arrested and jailed but later granted bail.
The case came to light when the survivor’s daughter filed an FIR saying her mother had gone to meet a relative on May 23, 2021. Dr Anupama Katiyar, the doctor who treated the survivor, told the court,“She had injuries in her private parts, and had lost enormous blood.”
In the FIR, the survivor’s daughter said, “When my mother didn’t return for a long time, I started searching for her and found her lying unconscious at Rajiv’s house. She was bleeding profusely and said that she was given a sedative in a soft drink and gang-raped by Sonu, Rajiv, and Monu.”Additional district govt counsel Harendra Rathore described the crime’s brutality, comparing it to Nirbhaya case.
The court, led by additional district and sessions judge Ashok Kumar Yadav, convicted the accused based on the survivor’s testimony and the evidence presented. All the three accused were awarded life imprisonment and fined Rs 30,000 each. The survivor will receive Rs 75,000 from the fines as compensation.
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