Nirbhaya Gang Rape Case: SC Verdict Likely on Pleas of Convicts

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New Delhi, Jul 09, 2018 : The Supreme Court is likely to pronounce its verdict on the review pleas of three out of the four convicts sentenced to death in the 2012 ’Nirbhaya’ gangrape and murder case on Monday, 9 July.

 

A three-judge bench comprising Justice Ashok Bhushan and R Bhanumathi, headed by CJI Dipak Misra will pronounce the verdict.

Three out of the four convicts sentenced to the death row have filed review plea before the Supreme Court.

In 2017, SC had upheld the capital punishment awarded to them by the Delhi High Court and the trial court.

One of the accused in the case, Ram Singh, had allegedly committed suicide in the Tihar jail.

While another accused, the juvenile, was convicted by a juvenile justice board but was released from a reformation home after serving a three-year term.

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Nirbhaya’s mother, while speaking to ANI said that she was confident the death penalty will be upheld by the Supreme court.

Nirbhaya Case: SC Verdict Likely on Pleas for Review of Death Penalty

The Supreme Court is likely to pronounce its verdict on the review pleas of three out of the four convicts sent to the death row in the ’Nirbhaya’ gangrape and murder case on 9 July, Monday.

The fourth death row convict, Akshay Kumar Singh has not filed a review petition against the apex court’s 5 May, 2017 judgement.

The apex court in its 2017 verdict had upheld the capital punishment awarded to them by the Delhi High Court and the trial court in the case of gangrape and murder of a 23-year-old paramedic student on 16 December, 2012 in South Delhi.

Nirbhaya Gang Rape Case

‘Nirbhaya’ was brutally gang raped inside a running bus in South Delhi by six persons and severely assaulted before being thrown out on the road. She succumbed to her injuries on 29 December, 2012 at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore.

One of the accused in the case, Ram Singh, had allegedly committed suicide in the Tihar jail.

A juvenile, who was among the accused, was convicted by a juvenile justice board. He was released from a reformation home after serving a three-year term.

In its judgement, the Supreme Court had said that the “brutal, barbaric and diabolic nature” of the crime could create a “tsunami of shock” to destroy a civilised society.


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