5 get 20 years in jail for kidnapping, raping sisters
Additional Sessions Judge Ram Kumar Singla handed down the sentence and also imposed a fine of Rs one lakh each on the accused.
They would undergo an additional two-year sentence if they do not pay the fine.
The two girls from Dala village in Punjab's Gurdaspur district went for a morning walk on March 10, 2014, when five youths in a car kidnapped them and took them to an unknown place where they were gang-raped.
The accused were arrested and a case under IPC sections 376, 363, 366, and 120, was registered against Parveen Kumar, Mukesh Kumar, Lakhwinder Singh, Rinku, and Rakesh Kumar, all residents of Gurdaspur.
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