Finally, after years of struggle, Nirbhaya got justice. Today, the Supreme Court decided on the petitions of the four convicts who have challenged their death penalty in the 2012.
The accused were awarded death sentence in September 2013; the sentence was upheld by the Delhi High Court as well in 2014. The four whose fate was decided today are Vinay Sharma, Mukesh, Pawan, and Akshay Thakur.
One of the accused, Ram Singh hanged himself in prison, while another person, who was a juvenile at the time of the crime, was convicted in August last year and will serve the maximum sentence of three years in a reform home.
And later today, Supreme Court decided not to lift up the hang charges from all the accused. Here is what people have to say about the final verdict.