A group of 16-year-old girls sexually assaulted and killed their father who was stopping them...What's the court ruling?
Jan 24, 2025
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According to local media, a Delhi court in India recently sentenced five defendants to death and one to life in prison on charges of murder and rape.
The incident took place on January 29, 2021 (local time) in the Corba district of Chhattisgarh in central India, according to a prosecution investigation.
The girl, who was 16 at the time, informed her parents when a man in the village molested her.
The girl's family was preparing to move to another village.
Then, the man plotted the crime with his friends and offered the girl's family 'secret' to help him move on a motorcycle.
The girl's father, mother, and cousin, who is a toddler, started moving on different motorcycles driven by the criminals.
In the meantime, the criminals deliberately moved in different directions. When they reached a remote location, the criminals committed mass sexual assault in front of the girl's father.
The girl's father, who restrained it, was killed by a club. The criminals also killed the girl and her crying cousin.
The prosecution demanded the death penalty, saying they committed a brutal crime that they should not do as human beings. The other was sentenced to life in prison because he had no circumstantial evidence that he participated in the sexual assault.
Accepting the prosecution's request, the court sentenced five people to death and one to life in prison.
However, it is pointed out that since the actual execution is rarely carried out in India, it is virtually like they have been sentenced to life in prison.
Meanwhile, as of 2022, it is known that an average of about 90 sexual assault cases occur a day in India. However, civic activists estimate that there may be much more incidents because they often do not report them.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
