Today, the Supreme Court decided whether the three men who raped and killed a 19-year-old woman in Delhi’s Chhawla neighborhood should die. Emotions ran high in the court when the victim’s father stood up with his hands folded and tried to explain his side of the story.
Uday Umesh Lalit, S Ravindra Bhat, and Bela M Trivedi were on the bench when the case was being looked at.
In 2012, three convicts were sentenced to death for the rape and murder of a 19-year-old woman. The mutilated body of the victim was found in a field with many different injuries caused by things like car tools and earthen pots.
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During a court hearing in Delhi in February 2014, three men were found guilty and given the death penalty. They should be executed. On August 26, 2014, the Delhi High Court said that the men were “predators” walking the streets and “looking for prey.”
The Supreme Court will decide whether to keep the death sentences for all three convicts or if they should be changed.
Today, the lawyers for the convicts came to the court and argued against the death sentence and asked for the punishment to be less. They used the convicts’ age, family background, and history to make their case.
Finally, Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati spoke for Delhi Police, who were against the appeal. She said, “Since there have been a lot of crimes like this, parents don’t let their daughters stay outside at night. There can be no leniency for the guilty because they did such a bad thing that they can’t get away with it. The people who did this to the girl not only gang-raped her but also made fun of her dead body.”
When both sides had their say, the lawyer for the victim’s family asked the judge to hear their side. He said that the victim’s father is in court.
The father of the killed person stood up with his hands folded in front of him. The judge on the bench said that in a court of law, a judge makes a decision based on the facts of a case, not on emotions.
As a result, he said that looking at the victims’ point of view might not go in the right direction. Because of this, he can’t be allowed to represent the case.
But Justice Lalit said that he understands the pain and sorrow that the victim’s family is going through, but the court has to make a decision based on the facts.
