NEW DELHI, Dec 18 — India’s top court today dismissed an appeal against the death penalty by one of four men convicted of gang-raping and murdering a woman on a bus in New Delhi, saying it found no reason to review the sentence. Four men were convicted of the rape and murder of the young...
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Akshay Thakur , one of the four men who were sentenced to death for the rape and murder of a young woman on a bus last December, disembarks a police vehicle outside a court in New Delhi Sept 24, 2013. — Reuters pic NEW DELHI, Dec 18 — India’s top court today dismissed an appeal against the death penalty by one of four men convicted of gang-raping and murdering a woman on a bus in New Delhi, saying it found no reason to review the sentence.
Four men were convicted of the rape and murder of the young physiotherapy student, who was tortured on a bus in New Delhi in 2012, an attack that triggered shockwaves across India and abroad.Her mother told reporters she welcomed the ruling and hoped all four men would be executed soon.
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