Sound of drums reverberated through the village as soon as the news of the verdict flashed on tv screens. Medawar Kalan village, which came into the spotlight after the brutal December 16 incident last year, has been struggling to cope with floods in recent days, but its residents were more anxious about the verdict in the case and were sitting glued to the TV sets since the morning.
People of the Delhi gang-rape victim's ancestral village in Ballia, UP lit candles and distributed sweets after hearing that a court has awarded death penalty to her attackers today. PTIĥ.28 pm: Delhi gangrape victim's village celebrates verdict Singh, a marginal farmer, said the option of going to a higher court against the verdict would be explored. Saryu Singh, the father of convict Akshay Thakur, told reporters at Lahankarma village in Aurangabad district, about 225 km from Patna, that the death sentence seemed 'unbelievable'. The father of one of the rapists sentenced to death by a Delhi court for the brutal gang-rape and murder of a 23-year-old paramedic in the national capital last December, today said he would explore the option of appealing to a higher court. PTIĦ.12 pm: Father of convict likely to appeal in high court Since then, the house is locked,” said a neighbour. “Their parents had come for just two-three days after the incident happened and left.
Families of Ram Singh and his brother Mukesh, who also resided in the camp, were not to be seen. The neighbors said the families of Pawan Gupta and Vinay had locked themselves inside their houses since early morning, anticipating “severest punishment” to their sons. Now never come here again,” said Champa, mother of Vinay Sharma before fainting at the doorstep of her one-room shanty at Ravidas camp in South Delhi. In the wake of the verdict in the December 16 gangrape case, the parents of two convicts today cried foul and alleged the punishment was given under media pressure. Now never come here again, convicts mother tells media The four convicts in the Delhi gang-rape case returned from court to jail and wore white kurta pyjamas, indicating they were no more undertrials.Īccording to the Tihar Jail practice, undertrials who are sentenced in a case get the formal prisoners’ dress and shifted to sections in the prison meant for convicts. 13 pm: Convicts get white pyjamas, to undergo medical tests “It is the first death sentence awarded by Additional Sessions Judge Yogesh Khanna after he took over as the judge of the fast track court constituted to try cases of sexual offences against women,” court sources said. Immediately after signing the order of death sentence to the four convicts in the December 16 gangrape and murder case, the judge broke the nib of the pen, in keeping with a tradition. 04 pm: Judge breaks nib of pen after sentencing convicts to death