Nirbhaya gangrape convicts to be hanged, confirms Supreme Court

Nirbhaya gangrape convicts(दोषियों) to be hanged, confirms Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Friday confirmed the death sentence awarded by the Delhi High Court to the four convicts in the December 16 gangrape case. The bench comprising Justice Dipak Misra, R Banumathi and Ashok Bhushan heard the plea by the four convicts – Mukesh Singh, Pawan Gupta, Vinay Sharma and Akshay Thakur. The top court said the act ‘demonstrates perversion(विकृति) of the accused’ and added that if any case warrants a death sentence, it’s this one. The court added that criminal conspiracy allegations against the convicts stand established. The mother of the victim had earlier expressed confidence that the top court will uphold the High Court order. Speaking to news agency ANI, she said, “We have full faith in the judicial system and I am sure that the Supreme Court will announce death sentence in its verdict for the guilty. I am sure the Supreme Court will give justice to my daughter. This will set an example for the world.” The victim’s father added, “Leave Supreme Court, even God will not forgive such people.”

Nirbhaya gangrape convicts to be hanged, confirms Supreme Court

Six men, including the four convicts, were found guilty of brutally raping a 23-year old physiotherapist inside a bus on December 16, 2012. The victim succumbed to injuries 13 days later in a hospital in Singapore. One of the primary suspects, Ram Singh, was found hanging inside a prison cell in Tihar jail in March 2013, while another suspect, a juvenile at the time of the crime, was given a sentence of 3 years inside a juvenile home.

Definitions of perversion विकृति

noun

the alteration of something from its original course, meaning, or state to a distortion or corruption of what was first intended.

all great evil is the perversion of a good

synonyms: distortion, misrepresentation, falsification, travesty, misinterpretation, misconstruction, twisting, corruption, subversion, misuse, misapplication, debasement

sexual behavior or desire that is considered abnormal or unacceptable.

They have accused me of supporting the sin of sexual perversion .

synonyms: deviance, abnormality, depravity, degener