Four men from Bengre sentenced to 20 years’ RI for gang rape
A Mangaluru court has sentenced four men to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for the 2018 gang rape of a woman in Bengre. Three minors involved in the case are being processed separately by the Juvenile Justice Board.
Why it matters
The sentencing serves as a significant legal outcome in a high-profile case involving crimes against women and the application of the SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act.
A district and sessions special court in Mangaluru on Thursday sentenced four men from Bengre, off Mangaluru, to 20 years’ rigorous imprisonment after finding them guilty of gang-raping a woman from Bantwal at Bengre-Alive Bagilu in November 2018.
Three minors, who were also allegedly involved in the crime, were being dealt with by the Juvenile Justice Board.
The II Additional District and Sessions Special Judge, V.N. Jagadish, passed the orders under Section 376(D) and other provisions of the Indian Penal Code, as well as Section 3 of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. The convicted persons are Prajwal, Arun Amin, Aditya Salian, and Abdul Riyaz. He also imposed a total fine of ₹74,000 under different heads on the convicts. The court had convicted the four men on July 27.
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