New Delhi:
Four men sentenced to death for the gang-rape and murder of a young medical student, were today produced at the Delhi High Court for a confirmation of their sentence.
The court said hearings would start from tomorrow without delay, rejecting the plea of the convicts' lawyers for a week's time.
On September 13, Vinay Sharma, Akshay Thakur, Pawan Gupta, and Mukesh Singh, were sentenced to death by hanging at a fast-track court, for a crime that the judge said had shocked the collective conscience of society.
One of the six men arrested in connection with the attack committed suicide in prison in March, while the teen was sentenced by a juveniles court to three years in a reform centre.
Judge Yogesh Khanna said the 23-year-old girl was "tortured till the very end" and that the case fell into the "rarest of rare category", which justified capital punishment.
"The crime depicts hair-raising, beastly and unparalleled behaviour," the judge said in his 27-page order.
The trial court has to refer every death penalty case to the high court for confirmation.
The court said hearings would start from tomorrow without delay, rejecting the plea of the convicts' lawyers for a week's time.
On September 13, Vinay Sharma, Akshay Thakur, Pawan Gupta, and Mukesh Singh, were sentenced to death by hanging at a fast-track court, for a crime that the judge said had shocked the collective conscience of society.
One of the six men arrested in connection with the attack committed suicide in prison in March, while the teen was sentenced by a juveniles court to three years in a reform centre.
Judge Yogesh Khanna said the 23-year-old girl was "tortured till the very end" and that the case fell into the "rarest of rare category", which justified capital punishment.
"The crime depicts hair-raising, beastly and unparalleled behaviour," the judge said in his 27-page order.
The trial court has to refer every death penalty case to the high court for confirmation.
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