New Delhi: The Presidential Bodyguards are the last line of defence for the nation's first citizen.
On Monday four former jawans of this elite service at the Delhi's Patiala Court were present handcuffed under police escort.
On October 6, 2003, these four men overpowered a 17-year-old and her boyfriend who had gone to the Buddha Jayanti Park behind Rashtrapati Bhawan. Two of them acted as lookouts while the other two gang-raped the teenager.
After a six year long legal battle, the judge on Monday just took a two minutes to pronounce all of them guilty.
"They can be sentenced for 10 years or perhaps seven years," said Ranbir Sharma, Advocate for Harpreet Singh.
Six years ago these four men had the duty and honour of guarding the President. However, they fell from grace and the law has finally caught up with them. They will be sentenced on the 22nd of this month.