Bulandshahr Gangrape: 9 Years Later, Five Convicts Get Life Imprisonment

• A Ghaziabad family was attacked on NH-91 in Bulandshahr on July 28, 2016; a 14-year-old daughter and her mother were gangraped.
• Perpetrators, identified as members of the Bawariya gang, initially stopped the car for robbery before committing the heinous crime.
• Local police negligence led to action against 17 personnel, including the SSP; the CBI took over the investigation.
• The Chief POCSO Court in Bulandshahr convicted five accused under IPC sections and the POCSO Act after 9 years.
• All five convicts, including Jubair, Salim, Sajid, Dharmveer, Naresh, and Sunil, have been sentenced to life imprisonment.

Why It Matters: Justice served after 9 years: Five convicts in Bulandshahr gangrape case receive life imprisonment.