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| An Indian court has sentenced four men to death for the gang rape and murder of a student in the capital Delhi, a case which led to violent protests across India and new laws against rape. | |
| Mukesh Singh, Vinay Sharma, Akshay Thakur and Pawan Gupta were found guilty on all counts earlier this week. | Mukesh Singh, Vinay Sharma, Akshay Thakur and Pawan Gupta were found guilty on all counts earlier this week. |
| Judge Yogesh Khanna said the case fell in the "rarest of rare category", rejecting pleas for lighter sentence. | Judge Yogesh Khanna said the case fell in the "rarest of rare category", rejecting pleas for lighter sentence. |
| The woman, 23, was attacked on a bus in December and died two weeks later. | |
| On Friday, Judge Khanna said the attack "shocked the collective conscience" of India, and that "courts cannot turn a blind eye" to such crimes. | |
| "This case definitely falls in the rarest of rare categories and warrants the exemplary punishment of death," he added. | |
| One of the convicted men, Vinay Sharma, broke down in tears as the sentence was announced. | |
| Earlier, protesters outside the court had demanded that the four men must be hanged. |