The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the earlier order of death sentence to the four Nirbhaya case convicts.

Terming 2012 Delhi gang-rape case a barbaric incident, the Supreme Court said, "taking the serious injuries, the severe nature of offence committed by the convicts, we are upholding the sentence.'

A Supreme Court bench comprising Justice Dipak Misra, Justice R. Banumathi and Justice Ashok Bhushan pronounced the verdict. The order was reserved by the court on March 27.

Earlier, the Delhi High Court had upheld the conviction and death sentence of Mukesh, Pawan, Vinay Sharma and Akshay Thakur who were accused of a brutal gang-rape and assault on a 23-year-old paramedical student inside a private bus — that led to her eventual death. The incident shocked the nation and grabbed headlines.

The incident triggered a nation-wide outrage as thousands of students, women activists, social workers, protested against the then government demanding strict action against the culprits.


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