Delhi Gang Rape Convicts to be Hanged

Death sentence awarded Today to the four convicts in the sensational Delhi gang rape-cum-murder case by a court here which said the 'beastly' and 'hair-raising' manner in which the crime was committed against a 23-year-old girl falls in the 'rarest of rare' category.

"Accordingly, the convicts be HANGED by neck TILL they are DEAD!!" Additional Sessions Judge Yogesh Khanna said after observing that the inhuman and ghastly acts of the convicts shocked the collective conscience of the nation and deserve exemplary punishment, which was pronounced nine months after an agonising wait.

Delivering his 20-page order in a packed courtroom, the judge noted that the 'ghastly acts' of Mukesh (26), Akshay Thakur (28), Pawan Gupta (19) and Vinay Sharma (20) requires withdrawal of the 'protective arm of the community from around them'.

"The crime of such nature against a helpless woman, per se, require exemplary punishment. I may leave here while saying the gravity of the incident depicts the hair-raising beastly and unparalleled behaviour.

"Subjecting of the prosecutrix to inhuman acts of torture before her death had not only shocked the collective conscience but calls for withdrawal of the protective arm of the community from around the convicts. This ghastly act of the convicts definitely fits this case in the bracket of rarest of rare cases," the judge said.

The court said, "The aggravating circumstances outweigh the mitigating circumstances in the case."

Hearing that they have been sent to gallows, a shocked Vinay started crying while the other three - Mukesh, Pawan and Akshay - sought mercy. The death penalty reference has been sent to the Delhi High Court for confirmation.

Death Penalty in the rarest of cases, such is the wordings of Judge, what about the other rape cases...this should be made a rule,, that those caught would be hanged till dead.. only then we can improve...otherwise this thing will continue..      

Will Nirbhaya ever get Justice? According to me this case would also be put like other cases and then convicts would be released. The most weird of the judiciary systems. Full of anger