Bharat Express

Minor Rape

Justice Tirthankar Ghosh presided over the emergency session following instructions from Chief Justice T. S. Sivagnanam. He ordered that the judicial inquest take place at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Kalyani, in Nadia district.

Advocate Rituparna Guha has stated that Additional Sessions Special Judge Mamta Bhadani has issued an order, convicting the accused under the POCSO Act and Section 376-AB of the Indian Penal Code.

Due to the seriousness of the offenses and the assertion that it caused the children life-long suffering, the prosecution had pressed for a harsh punishment.