Anger in India after four men cleared of rape charge in Dalit teen’s murder: ‘What justice did we get?’

Main accused convicted for life under charges of culpable homicide not amounting to murder and under separate law that seeks to protect lower caste groupings

None of those accused in the gang rape of a young woman in India who subsequently died from her injuries have been found guilty by a court, nearly three years after the brutal crime.

The court in northern Uttar Pradesh state’s Hathras district – where the crime occurred – on Thursday sentenced main accused Sandeep Singh to life imprisonment under charges of culpable homicide not amounting to murder and for offences under the Prevention of Atrocities against SC/ST Act, an Indian law that seeks to protect lower caste groupings.

The other three accused, Ravi, Luv Kush and Ramu, were acquitted after facing a trial in the case.