The bench of the District Court Judge Bishnu Prasad Gautam handed down a jail sentence of 28 years to 18-year-old Bharat Ram Luhar of Patan Municipality-1 on the charge of murdering a 16-year-old woman of local Melauli Municipality on July 18, 2017 after a gang rape.

Manoj Ram Dayal, 27, of the same place, another person convicted on the charge of his involvement in the gang rape, has been slapped life sentence.