The Supreme Court has upheld the conviction and death penalty to four convicts’ — Mukesh, Akshay, Pawan and Vinay awarded to them by the High Court in the 16th December, 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case. A 3-judge bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra wrote two separate but concurring judgements in the case. It noted that Victim’s dying declaration is consistent as it has been proved beyond doubt and corroborated.

The Apex Court said that Aggravating circumstances outweigh mitigating circumstances in the case, adding that the offence created “tsunami of shock. The Court confirmed findings of the trial court and Delhi High Court against the four convicts in the case.

The Police had sought death penalty for them. The apex court on March 27, reserved its verdict against the conviction and death penalty awarded to them by the High Court on March 13, 2014. The 23-year-old paramedic was brutally assaulted and raped by six persons on a moving bus in south Delhi and thrown out of the vehicle with her male friend on the night of December 16, 2012. She died in a Singapore hospital on December 29 the same year. Delhi Police had sought capital punishment for the convicts as the test of being a ‘rarest of rare’ case was satisfied.

During the trial, one accused, Ram Singh had allegedly committed suicide and one juvenile was sentenced by a remand home.