court awards death sentence to all four convicts of delhi gangrape
New Delhi : In a landmark decision, a Delhi court on Friday awarded death sentence to all four convicts in December 16 gangrape case.
Four convicts in gangrape-cum-murder case were on Friday awarded death penalty by a Delhi court which said the gravity of the offence cannot be tolerated.
“Death to all,” Additional Sessions Judge Yogesh Khanna said while delivering the verdict in the case that had evoked nationwide outrage and led the government to bring in a stringent anti-rape law.
All the 4 convicts- Mukesh (26), Akshay Thakur (28), Pawan Gupta (19) and Vinay Sharma (20) had begged for mercy before Additional Sessions Judge Yogesh Khanna, who had held them guilty of gangrape and “cold blooded” murder of a “defenceless” 23-year-old girl in a premeditated manner.
