Una flogging case: 5 convicts sentenced to 5 years in jail

A Special Court under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act in Veraval in Gujarat’s Gir Somnath district on Tuesday sentenced five men to five years’ imprisonment in the 2016 Una flogging case, in which four members of a Dalit family were assaulted. The court also imposed a fine of ₹5,000 on each of the convicts.

The verdict follows Monday’s order of the Special Court which found five of the accused guilty and acquitted 35 others. Proceedings against a police constable named in the case were closed following his death, while the trial of a juvenile accused is still underway. Those sentenced in the case are Ramesh Jadhav, Rakesh Joshi, Nagji Vaniya, Pramodgiri Goswami, and Balwatgiri Goswami.