West Bengal: POCSO Court awards life sentence to two convicts

In West Bengal, two accused have been awarded to life imprisonment in 2021 post-poll violence case. According to the CBI Statement, the POCSO Court, Jangipur, Murshidabad,on Wednesday sentenced the two accused namely, Karim Sk. and Sayed Tarjen Hossain to Life Imprisonment for the offence U/s 376 DA, Rigorous Imprisonment for different tenures for other offences, to run concurrently. In the wake of post-poll violence which erupted in West Bengal after declaration of results of the 2021 state Assembly election, the Calcutta High Court had directed that cases of murder and crimes against women, specifically rape or attempt to rape, be referred to the CBI for investigation, the statement noted.
The CBI took over the investigation in 2022, taking over an FIR registered at Farakka in Murshidabad district in 2021. The sale proceeds of ambulance of the accused would be paid to the victim, apart from the compensation of Rs. 5,00,000 to the victim by District Legal Services Authority, Murshidabad. 
In west Bengal, after the results of the 2021 Assembly election, there were allegations of post-poll violence in various districts of the state, including Kolkata, which were committed by allegedely Trinamool Congress workers and supporters. About 1,979 complaints of various crimes, including murder, rape and arson, were filed in the Calcutta High Court. On the orders of the High Court, the National Human Rights Commission prepared a report after investigating the post-poll violence. A CBI investigation was also ordered in some cases like murder and rape. Various cases of post-poll violence are still pending in different courts.