Indian High Court Confirms Gang Rapists Will Be Hanged For Attacking A Woman On A Bus And Abusing Her With A Metal Rod.

       

Four death sentences handed out the murderers in the infamous Delhi gang rape case have been upheld by an Indian court. A two-judge bench ruled the crime qualified as 'the rarest of rare,' and so merited the death sentence, A.P. Singh, who represented two of the convicts, said. Mukesh Singh, 26, Vinay Sharma, 20, Akshay Thakur, 28, and Pawan Gupta, 19, were sentenced to death in September last year. They were found guilty of the rape of Jyoti Singh, 23, after she boarded a bus with her friend on December 16, 2012. She later died of her injuries.
The assault, carried out with a metal rod, transfixed India with its brutality and led to nationwide protests calling for better policing and harsher punishments for violent crimes against women. In response, India’s Parliament passed legislation raising the maximum punishment for rape from life imprisonment to the death penalty. Jyoti's friend, Awnindra Pandey, 28, who was with her that night, said today: 'I was waiting for this judgement and thankfully the court has delivered. 'People are congratulating and calling me to tell me about the judgement. I'm very happy that the court has upheld the death sentence. I want them hanged as soon as possible. DM.