Nirbhaya Case: Tihar jail all prepared to execute the four convicts

The Nirbhaya case that took place on December 16, 2012, six persons brutally raped a 23-year-old paramedic in a moving bus. She was accompanied by a friend who was also beaten up and later, both of them were thrown out of the vehicle.

The girl had suffered critical injuries and later died during treatment. The brutality of the crime led to national outrage and a new legislation was formed to deal with such heinous crimes.

Of the six persons convicted, one was a minor and was released after a three-year-term. One accused Ram Singh, committed suicide inside Tihar jail while four others namely, Akshay Singh Thakur, Mukesh Singh, Pawan Gupta and Vinay Sharma are awaiting death warrant.