All The Four Convicts Get Death Sentence In Nirbhaya Gangrape Case, They Deserve It, Says SC
The gruesome December 2012 gangrape still rings in the minds of all.
The Supreme Court has upheld death sentence for all four perpetrators who gangraped Nirbhaya on December 16, 2012. "The Nirbhaya rape-cum-murder case is rarest of rare case and we are compelled to give extreme punishment to ensure justice," said the apex court, while delivering the order.
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¡°[This] crime shook the collective conscience of society,¡± said the SC.
Initially, the fast track court had awarded death sentence to all four, which was upheld by the High Court. The four facing punishment are Mukesh, 27, Pawan, 20, Vinay, 21, Akshay, 29.
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There were six men involved in the crime ¨C one of them, Ram Singh, allegedly committed suicide while in jail, and the sixth person involved was a juvenile at the time of the crime. He was granted three years in a correction facility by Juvenile Justice Board and was released in November 2015.
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Justice Bhanumathi said, ¡°If at all a case warrants death sentence it¡¯s this case. Human lust was allowed to take demonic form.¡±
Nirbhaya was 23-year-old paramedic, when she was gangraped on a moving bus. The sheer nastiness of the rape brought the entire nation to the streets, demanding for justice and for the government to change the status quo on women¡¯s safety.
The SC commended the work of the Delhi Police and bringing the criminals to book.
"The investigations done by Delhi Police was fair and impartial and the probe has passed the test of fairness and reliability," the SC said.
Here are some reactions from Twitter:
Can people finally stop saying #Nirbhaya now that the verdict is in? Her name was Jyoti. Her parents requested the same. #JyotiNotNirbhaya
¡ª Prerna Bakshi (@bprerna) May 5, 2017
#Nirbhaya case: Death sentence for 4 rapists, says Supreme Court pic.twitter.com/YnXWj2bcUj
¡ª Nitesh Mishra (@niteshmishra_) May 5, 2017
Justice for #Nirbhaya won't be complete till the time that 'juvenile' is roaming free.
¡ª Rita (@RitaG74) May 5, 2017
Mohd Afroz the most brutal one shud be hanged first
