LUCKNOW, Nov. 6 -- A Saharanpur court on Friday sentenced a former station house officer (SHO) and a retired circle officer (CO) to 20 years' rigorous imprisonment each for raping a woman who approached a police station in 2015 to enquire about her husband's alleged false implication in a criminal case. The verdict brings an end to her legal battle spanning nearly 11 years and three months.

The convicts, Brajmohan Yadav, the then SHO, and Vegpal Singh, also known as Vedpal Singh, were sent to jail following the verdict delivered by the second fast-track court.

The court also imposed a fine of Rs.1.20 lakh on each convict - Rs.1 lakh under Section 376D (gangrape) and Rs.20,000 under Section 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal...