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PRJ-LIVE-WB-2012-PARKSTREETGang RapeJUDGMENT DELIVERED✓ Conviction

Location: Kolkata, West Bengal

Incident: 2012-02-05

IPC Sections: 376, 366, 342

Victims: 1

Data confidence:95%

Progress

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Timeline · 4 events

  1. FIR FILEDMilestone96%

    Woman raped by 5 men in a moving car near Park Street, Kolkata, after being drugged at a party. FIR filed. West Bengal CM publicly doubts the victim calling it a "political conspiracy."

    HINDU5/2/2012
  2. VERDICT PRONOUNCEDMilestone94%

    Sessions Court convicts 3 accused (Sumit Bajaj, Nashir Khan, Kader Khan) of gang rape; sentences of 10 years each. Two others tried separately.

    Court: Sessions Court, Kolkata

    LL
  3. APPEAL FILEDMilestone92%

    Calcutta High Court on appeal: enhances sentences from 10 years to 20 years for the three convicted. Court holds crime depraved and victim's testimony credible.

    Court: Calcutta High Court

    IK
  4. APPEAL FILED86%

    Accused file SLP before Supreme Court. SC declines to stay the HC order; sentences of 20 years to stand during pendency of appeal.

    Court: Supreme Court of India

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Key Milestones

  • ◆2012-02-05FIR FILED
  • ◆2013-09-01VERDICT PRONOUNCED
  • ◆2017-04-01APPEAL FILED
Privacy notice: Victim identities are protected via cryptographic pseudonymisation. Accused names may be partially redacted pending conviction. All data sourced from public records.