Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) national President Mayawati has expressed hope on Tuesday after the convicts in the Kathua rape case were tell strict punishment by the court, saying it will instill fear among the perpetrators of criminal tendencies. He said all places in the country need to be severely punished by the culprits in such cases.

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Mayawati, in a tweet, has said that, "after the court sentenced the three convicts to life imprisonment and three others to five years imprisonment in connection with the rape and murder of an innocent girl of Kathua, it is possible that people have some horror of the law and they desist from the poor. Came "It is noteworthy that in the sensational case of Gangrape and murder of an eight-year-old nomadic girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua, the three main culprits were sentenced to life imprisonment by a Pathankot-based court on Monday.

In addition, three others were sentenced to five years imprisonment for allegedly destroying evidence. Mayawati said, "It is necessary to give such a set of provisions in the country for the rule of law by law. "Let me tell you that after the Kathua gang rape, there was an outrage across the country and there was a demand for the accused to be given severe punishment.

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