Chandigarh, April 30 -- Four youths, who had gang-raped a Class-12 student after abducting her from a Panchkula nightclub in October 2022, will be spending 20 years in jail, a special fast-track court dealing with rape and POCSO cases has ruled.

The court also slapped a fine of Rs.1.21 lakh each on the convicts, Yuvraj Singh Rana, then a paying guest at a Sector 15 house, Sector 32 residents Rajat Thakur and Harsh and Dera Bassi resident Krishna Singh. All convicts are in their 20s.

The fifth accused, a juvenile, is undergoing a separate trial before the Juvenile Justice Board.

As per the prosecution, the victim, along with three female friends, had gone for a party at a Panchkula-based nightclub on October 15, 2022.

There, she met Kr...