2 Get Life In Jail For Gang-Rape, Murder Of Dalit Sisters In UP's Lakhimpur Kheri
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The court sentenced the other two convicts to six years rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 5000 each, said the Special Public Prosecutor.
Nearly a year after two minor Dalit sisters were gang-raped and murdered, a POCSO court on Monday sentenced two of the convicts to life imprisonment and two others to six years in jail.
Additional District Judge (ADJ) Rahul Singh had convicted the four on various charges on Friday in connection with the killing of the two siblings whose bodies were found hanging from a tree in a sugarcane field near a village in Nighasan.
On Monday, the judge sentenced Sunil and Zunaid to life imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 46,000 each, Special Public Prosecutor, POCSO cases, Brijesh Pandey told mediapersons.