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Nation rejoices as SC upholds death sentence in 'barbaric' Nirbhaya case
May 05, 2017
Delivering justice after five long years of wait, the Supreme Court on
Friday ,while upholding its earlier order of death sentence to four
convicts in the December 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape case, termed the brutal
incident as 'barbaric'.
A bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra and comprising Justices R. Banumathi and Ashok Bhushan was hearing the matter.
Justice Deepak Mishra observed in the order that it seems it is a 'story of some different world'.
"Taking
the serious injuries, the severe nature of offence committed by the
convicts, we are upholding the sentence," the bench said.
Justice Banumathi said there should be systematic education of all children to ensure the fact that they give respect to women.
Justice
Banumathi also said that except the Dhananjoy Chatterjee case, in no
other rape and murder case, capital punishment had been executed.
She has also suggested certain other measures to ensure gender Justice in the society.
One
of the lawyers B.L. Kapoor, while hailing the apex court's verdict said
that it was one of the rarest of the rarest cases as it shocked the
collective conscience of the society.
"The brutality with which
the crime was committed, it makes it come under rarest of the rarest
cases. The Supreme Court upheld the High court's judgment citing its
earlier judgment that the one which shocks the collective conscience of
the society is dubbed as rarest of rarest case," he told ANI.
Rajiv
Mohan, who was the public prosecutor in the case in the lower courts,
told ANI that it is a good judgment that the Supreme Court has passed
today.
A teary-eyed Nirbhaya's father said it was a victory for his family.
"I am now very happy and satisfied with the judgment," he said.
However, the defence lawyer, unhappy with the verdict, said they would be filing a review petition after reading the order.
"Justice
is not done. We will file a review petition after reading the order.
You cannot give a death sentence to anyone for a message to the nation.
The meaning of punishment is improvement. There is a right to live. In
this, the human rights have been neglected, Mahatma Gandhi's ideology
has been neglected as this is violence," Singh said.
Six men,
including the 17-year-old juvenile, gang-raped a 23-year-old
physiotherapy intern in a moving bus on December 16, 2012 in the
national capital.
The girl and her friend were returning home
after watching a movie when they were coaxed into the bus by the
accused, who then beat up her friend before taking turns in raping her.
The girl succumbed to her injuries in a Singapore hospital on December 29, 2012.
The
convicts - Akshay, Pawan, Vinay Sharma and Mukesh - challenged the
Delhi High Court order which had sentenced them to the gallows.
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