Nirbhaya rapists' hanged: Riteish Deshmukh calls for 'harsher punishment & fast courts'

Soon after Nirbhaya convicts' were hanged to death, Bollywood actor Riteish Deshmukh stated harsher punishment to be only way to instill fear in those who think of such heius act.  four convicts in 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case were hanged to death at 5:30 am in Delhi's Tihar jail on Friday, bringing curtains down on drama surrounding execution that saw death warrants cancelled thrice on various grounds over last two-and-a-half months.

Taking to Twitter, Riteish emphasized on  need for stringent laws in order to prevent such crimes and stated that "stricter law enforcement, harsher punishment and fast courts for quick justice is only way to instill fear." 

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Four Convicts Hanged

Seven years and three months after, on March 20, four convicts in Delhi 2012 rape and murder case were hanged to death in Tihar jail. This was first time that four men were executed toger in Tihar Jail, South Asia's largest prison complex that houses more than 16,000 inmates.

A guard of t less than 10 constable, warders, and two head constables, head warders or an equal number from prison armed guard, were also present, it states. Meanwhile, hundreds of people had gared outside Tihar central jail ahead of execution on Friday morning to celebrate. 

In a late-night hearing, a bench comprising Justices Manmohan and Sanjeev Narula dismissed plea saying that it was devoid of merits. While dismissing plea, bench said pending pleas of convicts in various fora is untenable in law as a ground to stay execution.

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Nirbhaya Case

A 23-year-old paramedic student Nirbhaya was gang-raped inside a running bus by six persons on December 16, 2012, in Delhi. victim was severely assaulted and thrown out on road along with her male friend and succumbed to injuries a few days later.

Out of six convicts, one reportedly committed suicide in prison, while ar, a juvenile, served maximum punishment of three years in a reform home and was set free in 2015.  remaining four rapists were convicted and handed death penalty by a trial court in 2013, confirmed by Delhi High Court in March 2014. Supreme Court upheld Delhi High Court's verdict in 2017. 

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