Overview
- Aizawl district judge Sylvie Z. Ralte found Nilanjan Das and Dinesh Kumar guilty on June 12 of gang rape, rape causing grievous bodily harm, and acid attack for an assault near the Gaskata stream in July 2017.
- The court pronounced terms of 20 years for gang rape, 10 years for rape causing grievous bodily harm, and 12 years for acid attack but reporting differs on whether those sentences will be served consecutively for a 42‑year total or concurrently for an effective term of about 20 years.
- The court acquitted the two men of the murder charge connected to the companion's later death, saying the prosecution did not prove their guilt beyond reasonable doubt.
- Prosecutors built their case on the survivor’s identification in a Test Identification Parade, forensic detection of a corrosive substance on clothing and remains, medical reports, and testimony from 18 witnesses.
- The survivor suffered severe facial burns, permanent disfigurement and partial loss of vision, the convicts were suspended from the BSF after arrest, fines and additional short defaults were ordered by the court, and the men retain the right to appeal.