Delhi High Court Awards Life Imprisonment for Remainder of Natural Lives to Three Convicted of 2012 Gang Rape and Murder

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A Delhi high court bench upheld the trial court's judgment and awarded life imprisonment to three persons convicted of the gang rape and murder of a three-year-old girl in Ramesh Nagar in 2012. The high court deemed the sentence of life imprisonment for the remainder of the natural lives of the convicts to be an appropriate punishment due to the brutality and diabolical nature of the crime.

Key Takeaways:

  • The Delhi high court upheld the trial court's judgment and awarded life imprisonment to three persons convicted of the gang rape and murder of a three-year-old girl in Ramesh Nagar in 2012.
  • The high court deemed life imprisonment for the remainder of the natural lives of the convicts to be an appropriate sentence due to the brutality and diabolical nature of the crime.
  • The crime was carried out in the most brutal and diabolic manner, with the child being brutally mutilated and smothered to death.
  • The prosecution alleged that the three convicts, Jamahir, Birbal, and Raj Kumar, raped and murdered the child in an under-construction building.
  • The high court bench consisted of justices Mukta Gupta and Mini Pushkarna, who observed that the trial court could not have qualified the life imprisonment awarded as "the remainder of the natural life of the convicts".

Statistics:

  • The crime occurred on January 6, 2012.
  • The post-mortem examination showed that the child was raped and then smothered to death.
  • The trial court awarded life imprisonment to the three convicts on October 16, 2020.
  • The high court bench consisted of justices Mukta Gupta and Mini Pushkarna.

Sources:

  • Hindustan Times (June 7 -- note: the article does not specify the publication date)
  • The trial court's judgment (October 16, 2020)
  • The prosecution's case (January 6, 2012)