NEW DELHI (Sputnik) — The incident took place in Delhi in January 2014 after the victim got lost on her way back to her hotel.
Pronouncing the order, additional sessions judge Ramesh Kumar said, "For the offence of section 376D of Indian Penal Code, all the convicts are sentenced to life imprisonment."
#Flash Tis hazari court sentences life imprisonment for five convicts in 2014 Danish woman gang rape case
— ANI (@ANI_news) 10 June 2016
The court has also imposed fine of $1,541 on all five of the convicted. They have been pronounced guilty on counts of gang rape, kidnapping, violent robbery, wrongful confinement, criminal intimidation and common intention.
The conviction was largely based on the accounts of a security guard who was an eye witness to the incident. The security guard identified the accused in the court.
After registering the case, the victim returned to India in July 2015 to record her in-camera testimony before the trial court. She identified six accused in the court while she failed to identify three juveniles. The sixth person died in February this year.
Life imprisonment for the rape of Danish women,by Indian standards the judgment is fast. Nationality is imp here, Nirbhaya case is still on.
— यशिका (@MadameYG) 10 June 2016
The Indian judiciary is notorious for its slowness, but this case appears to be an exception which twitter has certainly noted.
