Gangrape of minor: Three policemen face criminal trial, girl says she was coerced by cops to marry accused

Mumbai | Thursday | 16th May, 2019

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The application claimed that the other two policemen also played similar roles as Shinde. The victim claimed that the same evening, Shinde told her that she should marry the accused, as he would purchase a home for her and give her child his name. While the three policemen were not named as accused by the SIT, an application was filed under Criminal Procedure Code after the deposition of the victim and her father. Three Mumbai Police officers will face criminal trial for allegedly coercing a minor gangrape victim to marry her rapist in 2013, after a special court on Wednesday allowed an application filed by the victim’s father to name the policemen as accused in the case. AdvertisingThe prosecution has claimed that the minor was gangraped by two men inside a general store in 2012 after being administered a sedative..