more-inNearly two-and-a-half years after the rape of an elderly nun at Ranaghat in Nadia district, a city court in Kolkata convicted all the six accused in the case on Tuesday. The 71-year-old nun was raped on March 14, 2015 when a group of bandits broke into the Convent of Jesus and Mary at Ranaghat, robbed the institution of cash and sexually assaulted her. “While all the six accused have been convicted under Section 120 B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC, five of them have also been convicted under Section 395 (dacoity) of the IPC,” one of the government counsel Anindya Raut told The Hindu. He also said that apart from Sections 120B and 395 of the IPC, the court has convicted one of the accused, Nazrul Islam, under Section 376 (rape) and 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty) and 354 A (sexual harassment) of the IPC. “Another accused Gopal Sarkar, a resident of Bangaon in North 24 Paraganas, was convicted under Section 216 A (harbouring dacoits) for giving shelter to the accused.

Source: The Hindu November 07, 2017 10:30 UTC