Kathmandu : The Lalitpur District Court has sent three people to 10 years of jail each after finding them guilty of rape in the Godamchaur incident.
Judge Dhansing Mahara on Friday handed down the sentence along with a fine of Rs. 100,000 each to be given to the rape survivor. Those found guilty of the heinous crime include Raghu Silwal, Bishaldwaj Karki and Pawan Karki, according to records keeper at the court Chandra Prakash Tiwari.
The three had raped a 21-year-old girl of Godamchaur in ward no. 1 of Godavari municipality, Lalitpur on November 18, 2017. They had also been charged of attempt to murder, as they had hit the girl with a stone in her head after raping her turn-by-turn. However, she was found in an unconscious state the day after the incident.
Following the incident, the rape survivor had filed a case naming the three in her complaint to police.
