A Sultanpur court on Monday has sentenced 2 brothers to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment. They were convicted in connection with the rape of a 16-year-old girl in 2015.
The bench of Special Judge Abhay Srivastava sentenced the father of the 2 convicts to 5 years of imprisonment for helping his son’s abscondence after the crime.
The court imposed a fine of ₹90,000 each on the two brothers and ₹10,000 on their father.
Abhishek Tripathi (special public prosecutor) on Tuesday while giving details of the crime stated that the girl had stepped out of her house for an examination on March 24, 2015 and was therefore lured by Jitendra Shukla.
He further stated that the girl was later raped by Jitendra Shukla and his brother Hari Prakash Shukla. The father of the two convicts Siyaram Shukla, helped his sons flee after committing the crime.
