NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday acquitted three convicts who were awarded the death penalty by a Delhi court after being held guilty of raping and killing a 19-year-old woman in Delhi’s Chhawala area in 2012.
The victim’s mutilated body was found in a field with multiple injuries due to assault with objects ranging from car tools to earthen pots.
A Delhi court, in February 2014, convicted the three men, Ravi Kumar, Rahul and Vinod, for raping and killing a 19-year-old woman in 2012 and awarded them the death penalty. They were convicted under various charges including kidnapping, rape and murder.
The capital punishment was confirmed by the Delhi High Court on August 26 2014, saying they were “predators” moving on the streets and “were looking for prey”.
The case dates back to February 2012, when a 19-year old girl’s body was found in Haryana. The girl was brutally killed after being raped. A case was registered at outer Delhi’s Chhawala (Najafgarh) police station.
According to the prosecution, the offence was brutal in nature as they first kidnapped the woman, raped her, killed her and dumped her body in a field in Rodhai village in Haryana’s Rewari district. (ANI)