INVC,
Delhi,
The whole Nation’s eyes are set on the fast-track court which will announce the sentence for the four convicted in the Delhi gang-rape case around 2.30pm on Friday.The court had an exhaustive argument over the quantum of the sentence on Wednesday after declaring the four — Mukesh Singh, Akshay Thakur, Pawan Gupta and Vinay Sharma — guilty on Tuesday of raping and murdering the 23-year-old physiotherapy intern.The court based its decision on the victim’s dying declaration, forensic evidence, DNA samples, electronic evidence and the testimony of her friend and prime eye witness to the gory incident.On Wednesday, judge Yogesh Khanna, reserved the decision after hearing the arguments from the defense counsel and the prosecution.Public prosecutor Dayan Krishnan strongly presented the demand for death penalty before the court. He pleaded before the court to ‘show no mercy for convicts’.Arguing on the quantum of sentence in the case, the prosecution sought death penalty for the four men accused who were convicted for the gang-rape and murder of the physiotherapist intern.Meanwhile, the court also rejected the defense lawyers’ plea to issue contempt notice to home minister Sushilkumar Shinde for predicting death for convicts.The police had charged six persons in the incident. The case against one of the main accused, Ram Singh, was dropped following his death in Tihar Jail during the trial earlier in 2013.The sixth juvenile accused was held guilty by the Juvenile Justice Board on August 31, and was sent to a remand home for three years.The charges in the instant case were framed on February 2 during which the court also invoked section 366 IPC against them for abducting the girl with the intention of committing “illicit intercourse”.
