India, July 10 -- A court in north Bengal's Jalpaiguri district sentenced three men to death on Thursday for the gangrape and murder of a Class 10 student in 2020, a public prosector said.

"The accused were sentenced under multiple sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (Pocso)," Debashis Dutta, special public prosecutor of the Pocso Court, told reporters.

Police had charged the accused with kidnapping, wrongful detention, gangrape, murder and destruction of evidence.

A district police officer said the crime took place in August 2020. The 15-year-old victim was a Madrasa student.

The accused, who were aged between 20 and 27 during the crime, used to work at an automobile garage and kn...