MEERUT, Dec. 20 -- A special Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act, 2012, court in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr district on Saturday convicted five accused for gang-raping a woman and her 14-year-old daughter during a highway robbery there in 2016.

Special Pocso judge OP Verma, after reviewing statements from witnesses on both sides and evidentiary material, declared the five survivors of the original six accused as guilty. The court has scheduled December 22 for pronouncing the quantum of sentence.

The case, which drew nationwide outrage, involved members of the notorious Bawariya gang. Originally, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed chargesheets against six accused. However, one died in Bulandshahr distric...