A local court today sentenced three persons to rigorous imprisonment for 21 years for raping a 17-year-old at Gangapur in Odisha's Ganjam district three years ago.
District and Sessions judge Malaya Ranjan Das while passing the order also directed the government to pay Rs one lakh as compensation to the survivor.
Besides, the judge slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 on each of the convicts.
Babur Swain (32), Kartika Gouda (30) and Sanatan Rout (30) of Gangapur village had raped the girl on its outskirts on October 23, 2013 after one of them lured her with marriage proposal.
