Half justice in Shakti Mill case ?

A city sessions court on Thursday convicted five persons for the gang-rape of the photojournalist and a telephone operator that took place at the Shakti Mills located in central Mumbai last year.

The quantum of sentence in both the gang-rape cases will be announced on Friday.

The court found Vijay Jadhav, 19, Mohammad Qasim Shaikh, 21 and Mohammad Ansari, 28 guilty for both the gang-rape cases. In addition to the trio, the court found Siraj Khan guilty in the photojournalist gang-rape case on August 22, and Mohammad Ashfaque Shaikh, 26, guilty of the telephone operator gang-rape case at the same compound on July 31 last year. Two minors, one in each case, are being tried under the juvenile justice act separately.

Principal sessions judge Shalini Phansalkar Joshi pronounced the judgment in the courtroom teeming with journalists along with the accused and their family members. There will now be arguments for the quantum of punishment following which the quantum will be announced.


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