A Delhi court has sentenced two rickshaw-pullers to life imprisonment till their natural life, holding them guilty of sexually assaulting a woman behind a bus stand near Mata Sundri College last year.
On the day of the incident the victim, a Ghaziabad resident, left her home after quarrelling with her brother. After walking for some distance, she lost her way and reached the New Delhi Railway Station where one of the accused met her and told her that he would drop her home.
Eye-witness account
He then took her to the bus stand where the other accused joined him and they committed rape upon her. Another rickshaw-puller who was present there caught hold of one of the accused when the victim raised an alarm, while the other fled. He then handed him over to the police.
The evidence by the victim and the eye-witness proved crucial in the conviction. “Considering the manner of commission of offence... justice would be met only if the convicts Umesh Giri and Ehsaan are sentenced... to undergo rigorous imprisonment for life...” the Judge stated.
