The Delhi High Court today confirmed the death sentence for four - TopicsExpress



          

The Delhi High Court today confirmed the death sentence for four men convicted by a trial court for the brutal gang-rape and murder of a young medical student in December 2012. Four of the six men arrested for the heinous attack were found guilty of rape and murder by a fast-track court, one of the changes the students case has driven in India, and were sentenced to death in September last. ( Also read: Death penalty for crime that shocked collective conscience) A fifth suspect hanged himself in jail in March last year; the sixth was 17 at the time of the attack and was sentenced to three years in a reform centre. The lawyers of the four men - Mukesh, Vinay Sharma, Pawan and Akshay Thakur - have said they will move the Supreme Court against todays High Court verdict.
Posted on: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 06:11:52 +0000

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