Vadodara: The additional session court on Wednesday sentenced two men who had grasped a little girl in Mememuk Navlakhi in the city in 2019 and sentenced to life imprisonment.
The court also fined prisoners – Kishan Mathasuriya and Jaso Solanki – RS 50,000 each in addition to living in their lifetime.
The court has also ordered to provide compensation of Rs 7.5 lakh to rape victims.
“We have demanded a death sentence to be accused of being based on Pocso law.
The court records the severity of the crime and punishes them undergoing a lifelong imprisonment.
We have strong evidence to prove their crimes,” said Praveen Thakkar, the Public Prosecutor.
The court gave judgment 332 pages where he punished accused of rape, kidnapping, attack and looting apart from Pocso Law.
Alpesh Chauhan said the court did not give a death sentence because the rape victim was still alive and therefore it was not considered the rarest of rare crime.
“We will appeal against judgment in court and also urge to reduce punishment,” Chauhan told toi.kishan and Jaso, both homeless people who used to sell balloons, had offered a 14-year-old girl when she got out with her friend’s friend at Navlakhi at night On November 28, 2019.
They first introduced themselves as police and threatened the duo before taking the two-wheeled kids.
When he ran for help, the defendant dragged the girl to an isolated and picked up to rape him before disappearing in the dark.
The police need a lot of time to track the girl who, somehow, managed to reach the main road.
A case was submitted by city police and the crime branch took immediate investigation.
However, Gangrape, appeared as a surprise for the city that was considered the safest for women in the state.
The defendant was arrested 10 days later by the Ahmedabad Crime branch.
“We crossed 45 witnesses in this case and no one of them was hostile.
Every witness strengthened the statement they had given to the police.
We have presented a very strong case in court,” said DS Chauhan, ACP (Crime) who investigated incidents that.
The police sent witness statements including survivor’s parents, his friend who was present at the place, a woman who passed, a security guard and many others.
The police are all praise for survivors who remain strong and help them during investigations.