Meerut, Dec. 23 -- A special Pocso court on Monday sentenced five men to life imprisonment for the gang rape of a woman and her 14-year-old daughter during a robbery on National Highway 91 in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr in 2016.

The court of special Pocso judge Om Prakash Verma delivered the verdict against the convicts, identified as Jubair (35), Mohd Sajid (37), Dharmveer (36), Naresh (46), and Sunil (35), in a crime that sparked nationwide outrage. Along with the prison sentence, the court imposed a fine of Rs.1.81 lakh each on the convicts, with half the amount earmarked as compensation for the survivors.

In his order, the judge observed that rape is not merely an assault on the privacy and personal liberty of the victim, but it cau...