AGRA, May 10 -- The court of Additional Special Judge, POCSO Act, in Mathura sentenced three convicts to life imprisonment and two others, including a woman who assisting the accused, for 20 year in prison in connection with the 2019 kidnapping and rape of a minor, who was allegedly given an intoxicating drink before the assault.

The judgment was delivered on Friday in Sessions Trial No. 01/2020, State versus Ravi and others, related to Crime Case No. 740 of 2019 registered at Kosi Kalan Police Station under Sections 363 (kidnapping) and 376D (gang rape) of the Indian Penal Code, along with Sections 5/6 and 16/17 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act. The case was filed against the accused Ravi, Aqib, Pankaj, Ramu and a ...