All the 13 convicted in the gang rape of a tribal woman at Labhpur in West Bengal were today awarded 20 years rigorous imprisonment by a local court.
Additional district and sessions judge Siddthartha Roychowdhury ordered them also to pay a fine of Rs 5000 each failing which they would serve one more year of rigorous imprisonment.
The 13, who hail from the Subalpur village of Birbhum district as also the woman, were pronounced guilty by the court yesterday.
The judge had found all of them guilty under sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 342 (wrongful confinement) and 376(2)(g) (gang rape) of the IPC.
The 20-year-old tribal woman was gang raped at Subalpur village under Labhpur police station on January 21 this year by 13 men as a punishment for having an affair with a man from another community.
The punishment was awarded by a Kangaroo court in the village.
A police complaint was lodged on January 22 against the 13 persons.
The young woman was admitted to Suri hospital and after a week's treatment she was transferred to an NGO-run government approved home at Suri. She has been there since then.
