Parents of 2012 gangrape victim want convicts to be hanged soon

IANS  |  New Delhi 

Parents of the December 16, 2012, gangrape victim on Thursday moved a plea in a court seeking to expedite the of the four convicts in the case.

The court will hear the case on March 2.

On July 9, 2018, the had rejected review petitions filed by three of the four convicts in the horrific 2012 gangrape and murder of a young in

The had on May 5, 2017, upheld death sentences awarded by a trial court and confirmed by the High Court to the four convicts -- Mukesh, 29, Pawan Gupta, 22, Vinay Sharma, 23, and Akshay Kumar Singh, 31.

The gangrape and murder of the 23-year-old Nirbhaya, the name given to her by the media which means fearless, caused global shock and outrage.

The crime was committed inside a moving bus in south Delhi by six drunk men and the woman was thrown out on the road, severely injured.

and her male friend, who survived the attack, were returning after watching a movie. She succumbed to her injuries on December 29, 2012, at in Singapore.

One of the accused in the case, Ram Singh, allegedly committed suicide in the A juvenile convict was released after serving a three-year term in a reformation centre.

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First Published: Thu, February 14 2019. 17:20 IST