After a nine-month-long trial, the special court awarded death sentence to all the four convicts in the case amidst tight security given the public anger on the case that sparked huge protests in Indian capital in December last year.[break]
Gym instructor Vinay Sharma, bus cleaner Akshay Kumar Singh, fruit-seller Pawan Gupta and Mukesh Singh, who were found guilty in all 13 charges, including murder and rape, were given death sentence by judge Yogesh Khanna in Saket Court.
Out of the six men arrested in the case, one Ram Singh committed suicide inside Tihar Jail on March 11. Another accused, who was 17 at the time of the crime, was sent to reform home for three years by a juvenile court last week.
On the night of December 16, Ram Singh, Vinay, Akshay, Pawan, Mukesh and the juvenile had gang-raped the girl in a bus after luring her and her 28-year-old male friend, who was also assaulted, on board the vehicle, which was later found to be plying illegally on Delhi roads.
The victim´s friend, a software engineer, had fractured his limbs in the incident. The girl succumbed to her injuries on December 29, 2012 at a Singapore hospital.
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