Additional Sessions Judge Virender Bhat, who heads the fast track court at Dwarka, handed down the varying jail terms to the two convicts Surinder Kumar Babbar and Yogesh Kumar saying "exemplary" punishment should be awarded for these kinds of crimes to serve as a "deterrent".
"These kinds of crimes require exemplary treatment and any liberal attitude shown by imposing meagre sentence and taking too sympathetic view would be counter protective in the long run and against the social interest which needs to be cared for and strengthened by adopting a deterrent sentencing policy," the court said.
The sentences imposed on both the convicts "shall run one after other", it said.
Surinder, 24, has been sentenced to rigorous imprisonment of seven years with a fine of Rs 25,000 for the offence of kidnapping, 10 years with a fine of Rs 25,000 for the offence of rape, six months for insulting modesty of a woman and two years for criminal intimidation under Indian Penal Code (IPC).
Yogesh, 25, has been sentenced to rigorous imprisonment of 14 years along with fine of Rs 20,000 for abetment of kidnapping and rape, three months for insulting modesty of a woman and one year for criminal intimidation under the IPC.
The court also referred to the recent gangrape of a 23-year-old paramedical student in a moving bus here and said, social impact of sexual offences against women "cannot be lost sight of" while sentencing a convict.
According to the prosecution the girl, a class XII student, used to be regularly harassed by Surinder and when she rejected his amorous advances, he with the help of Yogesh in November 2010 had kidnapped and raped her and also filmed the "act" to blackmail her and ensure her silence.
