In the much awaited and high profile Nirbhaya rape case, a fast-track court sentenced four convicts to death, calling it one of the"rarest of rare cases".
Mukesh (26), Pawan Gupta (19), Vinay Sharma (20) and Akshay Thakur (28)- were convicted on Tuesday in the case that shook the nation and made world headlines.
As it was Friday, the decision day for above four accused, additional Sessions Judge Yogesh Khanna said it is the "rarest of the rare case" and has "shocked the collective conscience of the nation".
The judge said that "society has no tolerance for such crime" and the court "cannot turn a blind eye to such gruesome crime."
The judge sentenced the four to death for murdering the 23-year-old physiotherapist. The judge on Wednesday had found the four guilty on 13 counts, including murder, gang rape and dacoity.
As soon as the judge read out the sentence, Vinay Sharma fell down and started crying “Sir ji, Sir ji (please sir, please sir)” addressing the judge.
When asked for his reaction, Additional Public Prosecutor Dayan Krishnan said, “All I can say is that I have done my job. I have never seen brutality like this.” He added that now the judgment will go to the Delhi High Court for the confirmation and the process take maximum 30 days.
Mukesh's lawyer V.K. Anand said, “We will appeal in the high court. This did not deserve death sentence."
After the judgment was announced, there was loud cheering outside the District Court, Saket, where hundreds of people had gathered since noon.
It is noted that the 23-year-old woman was brutally gang raped on a moving bus by six people, including a juvenile. The accused then threw her and her male companion out of the vehicle without clothes on the cold December
night.
The woman died of her grave intestinal injuries on Dec 29 at Singapore's Mount Elizabeth Hospital.
(With inputs from IANS)
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