5 get life term in Danish rape case
NEW DELHI, June 11, 2016, DHNS
A Delhi court on Friday sent five men to prison till the end of their lives for raping a 52-year-old Danish tourist, saying their acts put “stigma on the face of the country”.
Additional Sessions Judge Ramesh Kumar rejected their plea for minimum 20 years sentence, saying: “The ends of justice would be met if convicts are sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for life which shall mean imprisonment for remainder of convicts’ natural life.”
The court took into record the inhuman act committed in a brutal manner with the victim who came here as tourist with the faith to visit places and to return safely to her country.
The victim reached New Delhi on January 1, 2014, and stayed for a couple of days before leaving for Agra. She returned to New Delhi on January 13, 2014, and stayed in a hotel in Paharganj, near the railway station. On the night of January 14, the victim lost her way near the railway station and asked the men for directions to the hotel. Instead of helping her, they misled her, abducted and then gang-raped her.
The court said that the victim was subjected to the “inhuman act” for five-long hours, and the accused did not show her any mercy even when she pleaded not to be raped “as she was having AIDS.”
The court relied upon the scientific evidence that included the DNA and FSL reports and the eyewitness account of a gardener as clinching evidence to ascertain the identity of all the convicts. The victim had also identified three accused during the trial.
The court rejected the charge of “fabrication” and “media pressure” put by the defence counsel. It noted there was no possibility of any manipulation in medical examination and DNA report prepared in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The court said the DNA profile generated from the victim’s clothes matched with the DNA profile of the samples of the convicts’ which made it “clear that the accused persons are the offenders who committed the offence”. The five men were held guilty for offences under Sections 376 (D) (gang-rape), 395 (dacoity), 366 (kidnapping), 342 (wrongful confinement), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code. They were also awarded other varying jail terms with fine.
The five convicts are: Mahender alias Ganja (25), Mohd Raja (23), Raju (23), Arjun (21) and Raju Chakka (30). The court also slapped a fine of Rs 81,000 each on Raju and Raju Chakka, Rs 91,000 each on Mahender and Mohd Raja and Rs 1,01,000 on Arjun.
Additional Sessions Judge Ramesh Kumar rejected their plea for minimum 20 years sentence, saying: “The ends of justice would be met if convicts are sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for life which shall mean imprisonment for remainder of convicts’ natural life.”
The court took into record the inhuman act committed in a brutal manner with the victim who came here as tourist with the faith to visit places and to return safely to her country.
The victim reached New Delhi on January 1, 2014, and stayed for a couple of days before leaving for Agra. She returned to New Delhi on January 13, 2014, and stayed in a hotel in Paharganj, near the railway station. On the night of January 14, the victim lost her way near the railway station and asked the men for directions to the hotel. Instead of helping her, they misled her, abducted and then gang-raped her.
The court said that the victim was subjected to the “inhuman act” for five-long hours, and the accused did not show her any mercy even when she pleaded not to be raped “as she was having AIDS.”
The court relied upon the scientific evidence that included the DNA and FSL reports and the eyewitness account of a gardener as clinching evidence to ascertain the identity of all the convicts. The victim had also identified three accused during the trial.
The court rejected the charge of “fabrication” and “media pressure” put by the defence counsel. It noted there was no possibility of any manipulation in medical examination and DNA report prepared in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The court said the DNA profile generated from the victim’s clothes matched with the DNA profile of the samples of the convicts’ which made it “clear that the accused persons are the offenders who committed the offence”. The five men were held guilty for offences under Sections 376 (D) (gang-rape), 395 (dacoity), 366 (kidnapping), 342 (wrongful confinement), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code. They were also awarded other varying jail terms with fine.
The five convicts are: Mahender alias Ganja (25), Mohd Raja (23), Raju (23), Arjun (21) and Raju Chakka (30). The court also slapped a fine of Rs 81,000 each on Raju and Raju Chakka, Rs 91,000 each on Mahender and Mohd Raja and Rs 1,01,000 on Arjun.
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