Bijal Joshi gangrape case: Five sentenced for life
Five persons have been sentenced to life imprisonment by Ahmedabad court on Friday in Bijal Joshi rape case. However, the court acquitted seven others due to lack of evidence. Bijal Joshi, 24 years old, who was lured into the city’s Ashoka Hotel, was gangraped on the night of December 31, 2003 by her boyfriend Sajal Jain & his friends.
After she was gangraped, Bijal was branded with cigarettes & was badly beaten up. She later committed suicide on January 7, 2004. Sessions Judge Jyostna Yagnik sentenced Bijal’s boyfriend Sajal Jain, Sugam Jaiswal, Chandan Jaiswal, Ashok Jaiswal alias Mandan & Dharmendra Jain to life imprisonment. The court acquitted Pannalal Jaiswal, Anand Jaiswal, Harikrisnha Jaiswal, Seema Jaiswal, Shreya Jaiswal, Ashok Patel & Dr Yogesh Jadhav, who were accused of destroying evidence.
The Court has also fined Rs 15,000 each on all the accused. Manish Jain, the sixth accused in the case has been absconding. As per the complaint filed by Joshi, she was gangraped by six people, all of whom were either relatives or friends of Sajal who were present in the hotel room number 106.
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