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23 Sent To Life In Prison For Crimes Against Women, Children In UP

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As many as 23 persons were sentenced to life imprisonment from October 19 to October 20 in connection with cases of crime against women and children, said UP's Home Department.

"Under the Mission Shakti Abhiyan, from October 19 to October 20, the prosecution department was successfully able to seek life imprisonment for 23 accused, imprisonment and penalty to 31 accused in connection with cases of crime against women and children," the department said in a release on Tuesday.

"In 49 cases related to women and child crimes, the bail of the accused was dismissed and 28 goons were externed," it added.