Dhaka, Oct. 22 -- A Patuakhali tribunal has sentenced two boys to 13 years in prison and a third to 10 years in jail in a case over the gangrape of the daughter of July Uprising martyr Jashim Uddin Howlader.

All of the convicts are minors. Under the Children Act, 13 years is the maximum prison sentence for an offence.

Patuakhali Women and Children Repression Tribunal Judge Nilufer Shirin delivered the verdict on Wednesday.

All three received sentences of 10 years in jail on the charge of rape of a minor. Two of them then received an additional three years in prison under the Pornography Act.

Jashim was injured when police opened fire in Dhaka's Mohammadpur on Jul 19 and died 10 days later while undergoing treatment.

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