A court in Mizoram's Aizawl district sentenced two BSF jawans to 42 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a woman and attacking her with acid in 2017.
The court, however, acquitted the two of the charge of murdering the rape victim's friend, whose body was found a few days later.
The judge ruled that the prosecution had failed to establish beyond a reasonable doubt that the two accused were responsible for her death.
The court sentenced both convicts to 20 years' rigorous imprisonment for gang rape, 10 years for rape causing grievous bodily harm and 12 years for acid attack, amounting to a total of 42 years' rigorous imprisonment.
The court also imposed a fine of ₹60,000 each under these three counts, and on default, they will undergo an additional two months of imprisonment under each count.
