Rapist Gaurav Shukla to get punishment after 11 years

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Published on: 16 April 2016 6:14 AM GMT
Rapist Gaurav Shukla to get punishment after 11 years
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Lucknow: The fast track court (FTC) will announce the quantum of sentence in the 11-year-old infamous Ashiana gang rape case of Lucknow. FTC judge Anil Kumar Shukla will pronounce the sentence at 1500 hours and Gaurav Shukla, the accused in likely to be sent behind the bars for 10 years.

The court on the last hearing found Gaurav Shukla guilty in the gang rape case and was booked under section 376 and others of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

The case so far:

  • A fast track court (FTC) on Wednesday, April 13, held Gaurav Shukla, the main accused of infamous 11-year-old Ashiana gang rape case of Lucknow, guilty.
  • The HC had directed concerned officials to complete trial within three months.
  • Gaurav Shukla raped the minor girl in May 2005 in Ashiana area of Lucknow district in Uttar Pradesh.
  • He was declared an adult during the time of committing crime by the court in March 2015.

Read: Ashiana rape case: Accused Gaurav convicted by the court

Victim’s ordeal:

  • The girl was abducted on May 2, 2005 by four youth in Ashiyana locality.
  • They also beat her and burned her with cigarette butts.
  • She was gang raped by a group of six in a moving car.
  • She was repeatedly raped at a farm house of one of the accused.
  • They even threatened the girl of dire consequences.
  • She was dropped by them at a secluded street in night.
  • She reached her home with the help of a passer by.
  • Two accused Aman Bakshi and Bhartendu Mishra – were sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in 2007.
  • Other accused, Saurabh Jain and Asif Siddiqui, died in a road accident while Faizan was awarded life term in January, 2013.
  • The sentence against Gaurav is pending in the trial court.

Also Read: HC rejects review petition of Ashiana rape accused Gaurav

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