<p> Six persons were today convicted by a local court in the Kamduni gangrape and murder case in which a 21-year-old college girl was brutally assaulted and murdered in June 2013, triggering outrage.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Two other accused in the case were acquitted.<br />Additional City and Sessions Judge Sanchita Kar pronounced Saiful Ali, Ansar Ali and Aminul Ali guilty of gangrape and murder in her order in a packed court room.<br /><br />The three were found guilty under sections 376(d) (gangrape), 302 (murder) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) of IPC.<br /><br />The judge found Imanul Islam, Aminul Islam and Bhola Naskar guilty under sections 376 (d) (gangrape), 120B (criminal conspiracy) and 201 (causing disappearance of evidence) of IPC.<br /><br />Saiful Ali, who had accosted the girl on the road and forced her inside a farmhouse where the crime was committed, was additionally found guilty under sections 109 (abetment to an offence) and 342 (wrongfully confining any person).<br /><br />The judge said that the argument on the quantum of punishment would commence tomorrow.<br /><br />While Saiful Ali, Ansar Ali and Aminul Ali may be given a minimum sentence of 20 years or a maximum punishment of death penalty, the other three found guilty may face a minimum of 20 years in prison or a maximum of life sentence, the judge said.<br /><br />Rafiqul Islam and Nur Ali were acquitted owing to lack of evidence against them.<br />Another accused Gopal Naskar had died during trial in August last year.<br /><br />The gangrape and brutal murder of the 21-year-old college girl occurred when she was returning home at Kamduni, about 50km from Kolkata, in North 24-Parganas district after appearing for an examination at her college on June 7, 2013.<br /><br />The incident had led to an outrage in the state amidst concerns over women's safety.<br />The second year BA student was pulled into a farm when she was walking back home along a deserted road after alighting from a bus.<br /><br />She was gangraped and gruesomely murdered subsequently.<br />Her mutilated body was discovered the next morning in a corner of the farm. <br /></p>
<p> Six persons were today convicted by a local court in the Kamduni gangrape and murder case in which a 21-year-old college girl was brutally assaulted and murdered in June 2013, triggering outrage.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Two other accused in the case were acquitted.<br />Additional City and Sessions Judge Sanchita Kar pronounced Saiful Ali, Ansar Ali and Aminul Ali guilty of gangrape and murder in her order in a packed court room.<br /><br />The three were found guilty under sections 376(d) (gangrape), 302 (murder) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) of IPC.<br /><br />The judge found Imanul Islam, Aminul Islam and Bhola Naskar guilty under sections 376 (d) (gangrape), 120B (criminal conspiracy) and 201 (causing disappearance of evidence) of IPC.<br /><br />Saiful Ali, who had accosted the girl on the road and forced her inside a farmhouse where the crime was committed, was additionally found guilty under sections 109 (abetment to an offence) and 342 (wrongfully confining any person).<br /><br />The judge said that the argument on the quantum of punishment would commence tomorrow.<br /><br />While Saiful Ali, Ansar Ali and Aminul Ali may be given a minimum sentence of 20 years or a maximum punishment of death penalty, the other three found guilty may face a minimum of 20 years in prison or a maximum of life sentence, the judge said.<br /><br />Rafiqul Islam and Nur Ali were acquitted owing to lack of evidence against them.<br />Another accused Gopal Naskar had died during trial in August last year.<br /><br />The gangrape and brutal murder of the 21-year-old college girl occurred when she was returning home at Kamduni, about 50km from Kolkata, in North 24-Parganas district after appearing for an examination at her college on June 7, 2013.<br /><br />The incident had led to an outrage in the state amidst concerns over women's safety.<br />The second year BA student was pulled into a farm when she was walking back home along a deserted road after alighting from a bus.<br /><br />She was gangraped and gruesomely murdered subsequently.<br />Her mutilated body was discovered the next morning in a corner of the farm. <br /></p>