New Delhi: India's supreme court on Monday upheld death sentences handed down to three men over the gang-rape and murder of a woman in New Delhi in 2012, saying there were no grounds for a review.
A three-member bench of the Supreme Court led by Chief Justice Dipak Misra dismissed a petition filed by the men to review a 2017 order by the top court, which had confirmed the death penalty given to them by the Delhi High Court.
The 23-year old, widely referred to as 'Nirbhaya' by the media, was raped by a gang of five men and a teenager on a bus. The case triggered angry protests by thousands of people as well as soul-searching about the country's treatment of women.
2012 Delhi gang-rape case: Supreme Court dismisses review pleas filed by 3 of the 4 convicts seeking reduction of their death sentence to a life term, upholds its earlier order of death sentence. pic.twitter.com/0OfFO8qIWo— ANI (@ANI) July 9, 2018
Nirbhaya's parents react to the Supreme Court rejection of appeal by the rapists:
Our struggle does not end here. Justice is getting delayed. It's affecting other daughters of the society. I request judiciary to tighten their judicial system, serve justice to Nirbhaya by hanging them as soon as possible & help other girls&women: Asha Devi, mother of 2012 Delhi pic.twitter.com/9BJUGULRQC— ANI (@ANI) July 9, 2018
They were not juveniles. It is unfortunate that they committed such crime. This decision reaffirms our trust in the court that we will definitely get justice: Asha Devi, mother of 2012 Delhi gang rape victim on SC's dismissal of the accused's review petition pic.twitter.com/6wt204ABG5— ANI (@ANI) July 9, 2018
We knew that review petition will be dismissed. But what next? So much time has gone by & threat to women have gone up in this span. I believe sooner they're hanged, better it is: Badrinath Singh,father of 2012 Delhi gang-rape victim on SC's dismissal of 3 accused review petition pic.twitter.com/75xWcRmVOA— ANI (@ANI) July 9, 2018
