Rajasthan: In the Ajmer 1992 Sex Scandal, POCSO court today gives historic verdict and declares 6 accused as guilty. All the accused were presented before the court today. The court announced its verdict and sentenced the all six accused to life imprisonment, on August 20. POSCO Judge Ranjan Singh also imposed a fine of Rs 5 lakh on each of the accused.
The POSCO court found the accused Nafees Chishti, Naseem alias Tarzan, Salim Chishti, Iqbal Bhati, Sohail Gani, Sayed Zameer Hussain guilty of the crime. In 1992, the accused gangraped more than 100 girl students of a prestigious school in Ajmer and blackmailed them by taking their photographs. 4 accused in the scandal have already served their sentence. After the court declared them guilty, the police has taken all accused into their custody.
What Happened To The 18 Accused?
As per the information, total 18 were accused in the sex scandal that happened 32 years ago. 9 have already been sentenced, one accused committed suicide and one more was charged by court for molesting a boy. The court had declared one accused as fugitive. The others have today been declared guilty by the court today.
Also, let us inform you that 6 accused in this case completed their trial in July this year. The verdict was dated to be announced on 8 August but the court gave its verdict in the case today.
Accused Reached High Court
8 other accused who were sentenced to life imprisonment in the case earlier appealed in the High Court against the verdict of the DJ Court. In the year 2001, Court acquitted 4 accused in the sex scandal whereas the other four’s sentence was upheld.
Four Appealed Supreme Court
The other Four accused appealed in the Supreme Court in such a situation. The Supreme Court announced its verdict in the case and reduced the sentence of all four from life imprisonment to 10 years in 2003. As the accused had already served 10 years of jail sentence, so all were released from jail.
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