The Supreme Court will to pronounce its verdict today on the appeals by four accused in the December 16, 2012, Delhi gang-rape case challenging the Delhi High Court verdict upholding their death sentence.

The Delhi High Court had upheld the conviction and death sentence of Mukesh, Pawan, Vinay Sharma and Akshay Thakur who were accused of 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 bench of Justice Dipak Misra, Justice R. Banumathi and Justice Ashok Bhushan will pronounce the verdict, on which orders were reserved on March 27 this year.

Hearing on the appeals by the four accused was spread over for almost a year.
The hearings had commenced on April 4, 2016.

Mukesh, Pawan, Vinay Sharma, Akshay Thakur had moved the top court challenging the March 13, 2014, Delhi High Court verdict upholding the death sentence of all the four.

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