DHAKA: An Indian court found a teenager guilty on Saturday over the fatal gang-rape of a student in New Delhi, a crime that sparked revulsion and angry protests in the country, an official said.

The juveniles’ court sentenced the teenager to three years in a correctional facility after handing down the first and long-delayed verdict over the brutal assault on the student on a moving bus last December.

‘He has been held guilty for rape and murder and sentenced to three years subject to review,’ Anil Sharma, the chief investigating officer in the case, told reporters outside the court in the capital, announcing the first verdict in the case, according to The Straits Times.

The teenager, who was 17 at the time of the attack, was given the maximum penalty allowed after being tried as a juvenile, and the three years will include the time he has already spent in custody.

BDST: 1646 HRS, AUG 31, 2013
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