Delhi - Four men convicted in Delhi gang-rape sentenced to hang.

Delhi - Four men convicted in Delhi gang-rape sentenced to hang.(France24).

Delhi gang-rape case: If hanging them prevents incidents of rape in India, we will not appeal in High Court, says Defence lawyer.
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An Indian court has sentenced to death all four men convicted for the gang rape and murder of a woman in an attack on a Delhi bus last December. The hanging sentence now goes to India's High Court for confirmation and can later be appealed.
A judge sentenced four men to death Friday for the fatal gang rape of an Indian student on a bus last December, triggering applause inside the packed courtroom.
Judge Yogesh Khanna told a court in the Indian capital that the case, which sparked widespread anger against the treatment of women in the country, fell into the "rarest of rare category", which justified capital punishment.
"In these times when crimes against women are on the rise, court cannot turn a blind eye to this gruesome act," he said.
As the courtroom burst into applause, the father of the 23-year-old victim told reporters that he was delighted with the sentence.
"We are very happy," said the father, who cannot be named to protect the identity of his late daughter.
"Justice has been delivered," he told reporters inside the court, flanked by his wife and sons.
His wife said that her daughter's "wish has been fulfilled at last".
One of the men, Vinay Sharma, broke down in tears as the sentence was announced, according to an AFP correspondent.
All four suspects were teary eyed as they entered the cramped room to hear their punishment after they were convicted on Tuesday of a string of charges including murder and gang rape.
There had been a huge clamour for the four -- Sharma, Akshay Thakur, Pawan Gupta, and Mukesh Singh -- to be executed for their attack on the physiotherapy student and her male companion on December 16.
After prosecution lawyers argued on Wednesday the gang were guilty of a "diabolical" crime, the victim's mother had implored the judge to hand down the death sentence.Read the full story here.