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3 Convicts Sentenced To 10 Years Imprisonment In Park Street Gangrape Case

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KOLKATA, INDIA - 2015/03/17: Social activist rallied from Asiatic Society to Park Street Police station demanding justice for Park Street rape victim Suzette Jordan. She died on 13 March, 2015 at the age of 40, of meningoencephalitis. (Photo by Pacific Press/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

KOLKATA -- The Sessions Court here on Friday sentenced the three convicts in the Park Street gang rape that took place on 2012 to the 10 years' imprisonment.

The Court had on Thursday convicted the three accused - Sumit Bajaj, Ruman Khan and Naseer Khan - in this case, while two more key-accused in this case still remain absconding.

Also Read: Park Street Gangrape Case: Three Accused Found Guilty, Two Absconding

The victim, an Anglo-Indian mother of two, died in March of multi-organ failure in a hospital here after a long battle for justice.

She had come out in public to further her cause.

Also Read: 'You Killed Her': Gay Activist & Rape Survivor Writes Moving Tribute To Park Street Rape Victim
Also Read: My Mother, The Rebel: Tribute Suzette Jordan's Daughter Wrote To Her Mom Will Move You To Tears

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George Galloway(03 of09)

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In 2011 UKIP candidate Roger Helmer blogged his opinion that there are distinctions between “date” and “stranger” rape. “Rape is always wrong, but not always equally culpable,” he wrote. With reference to “stranger” rape, he said: “… the victim surely shares a part of the responsibility, if only for establishing reasonable expectations in her boyfriend’s mind.” (credit:Matt Cardy via Getty Images)

Alan Pardew(05 of09)

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Judge Derek Johnson(08 of09)

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