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A special court in Vadodara on Monday sentenced five men to imprisonment for the remainder of their lives for the gang rape of a 16-year-old girl in the Bhayli area during Navratri in 2024. The court also directed the convicts to pay ₹10 lakh as compensation to the victim and imposed a collective fine of ₹1 lakh under various sections of law, district government pleader Anil Desai, who represented the prosecution, said. The prosecution had sought the death penalty for the five men on August 25, or life imprisonment as an alternative, citing the seriousness of the offence. The defence, meanwhile, had sought the minimum punishment, pointing out that the accused were married and had families and children. Opposing the defence plea, Desai argued that the same family responsibilities existed when the men committed the crime. He also submitted that most of the accused were in their early twenties and could be released by their forties if given a 20-year sentence, which he said would not be adequate considering the gravity of the offence. .........
