<span style="color: #222222;">A Delhi court has sentenced Brajesh Thakur and 11 others to life imprisonment for sexually and physically assaulting several girls in a shelter home in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district. Additional Sessions Judge Saurabh Kulshreshtha pronounced the sentence today.<br />''<br />''The CBI on February 4 sought life imprisonment till the remainder of life for Thakur, saying rape is a crime of lust and power and leniency should not be shown to the convicts as the victims in the case were minors.<br />''<br />''The court had on January 20 convicted Thakur of several offenses including penetrative sexual assault under section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, and offenses of rape and gang rape under the Indian Penal code.<br />''<br />''The matter had come to light on May 26, 2018, after Tata Institute of Social Sciences submitted a report to the Bihar government highlighting the alleged sexual abuse of girls in the shelter home for the first time. </span>