Muzaffarpur shelter home: Court to announce quantum of sentence for convicts on February 11

A Delhi court Tuesday said it will announce on February 11 the quantum of sentence for Brajesh Thakur and 18 others, convicted of sexually and physically assaulting several girls in a shelter home in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district.

The CBI sought that Thakur be imprisoned till the remainder of life and the rest of convicts be given maximum punishment. The convicts on the other hand sought minimum punishment.

Additional Sessions Judge Saurabh Kulshreshtha, reserved the order for February 11.

The court had on January 20 convicted Thakur, who once unsuccessfully contested assembly polls on Bihar People's Party (BPP) ticket, of several offences including aggravated penetrative sexual assault under section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, and offences of rape and gang rape under the Indian Penal code (IPC).