Nirbhaya rapists to be hanged, SC rejects plea for life term
The Supreme Court today upheld the death penalty for the convicts of the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape case, after hearing a review petition seeking reduction of sentence. The death penalty was awarded to four of the six convicts, while the fifth, a juvenile, was sent to a correction home and the sixth had committed suicide inside the Tihar Central Jail.