Delhi:L The Supreme Court upheld High Court and trial court decision to award death to all four convicts in the December 16, 2012 gang rape and murder. The judgement was received with an applause from those in the court.
The Supreme Court was to give its verdict on the appeals filed by the four convicts on Friday. The convicts had been awarded death sentence by the fast track court, which was upheld by the Delhi High Court. The execution was stayed after the four convicts — Mukesh (27), Pawan (20), Vinay (21) and Akshay (29) — moved the top court. The fifth accused, Ram Singh, had allegedly committed suicide while in jail. The sixth accused, who was a minor at the time of crime, was granted three years in a correction facility by Juvenile Justice Board. He was released from the home in November 2015.
The gang rape and murder or 23-year-old paramedic had led to nation wide outrage and spurred to government to strengthen rape laws.