We Want to Thank Everyone for the Verdict: Nirbhaya’s Parents

“I want to help the other victims in any way possible, we have to work together,” said Nirbhaya’s mother.

Parents of Nirbhaya, Asha Devi and BN Singh, light candles at a memorial at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

The Supreme Court, on 5 May, upheld the earlier Delhi High Court order awarding death penalty to all the four convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case.

“It is a barbaric incident,” the court said, as an SC bench comprising Justices Dipak Misra, R Banumathi and Ashok Bhushan threw out the convicts’ appeals against the death penalty.

Taking the serious injuries, the severe nature of the offence committed by the convicts, we are upholding the sentence.

Supreme Court order

Speaking to the media on Friday morning, Nirbhaya’s parents expressed confidence that the SC would deliver justice. Read the full story here.

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