"Tsunami Of Cruelty": P&H HC Confirms Death Penalty To 7 Men Accused Of Gang Rape/Murder Of Mentally Ill Woman, Imposes 50 Lakh Fine [Read Judgment]

Ashok Kini

20 March 2019 5:20 PM IST

"If they had come together to commit the crime jointly and individually and not one of them resisted any of the other, we think the liability to pay fine in the sum of `50 lakhs under the peculiar facts and circumstances must be made joint and several."

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has confirmed the death sentence awarded to six men accused of gang rape of a mentally ill woman. Describing the crime as 'animalism' and '"tsunami" of cruelty', the bench comprising Justice AB Chaudhary and Justice Surinder Gupta, also imposed a fine of Rupees 50 Lakh, which is to be recovered from the convicts by attaching/selling...

"Tsunami Of Cruelty": P&H HC Confirms Death Penalty To 7 Men Accused Of Gang Rape/Murder Of Mentally Ill Woman, Imposes 50 Lakh Fine [Read Judgment]

Ashok Kini

"If they had come together to commit the crime jointly and individually and not one of them resisted any of the other, we think the liability to pay fine in the sum of `50 lakhs under the peculiar facts and circumstances must be made joint and several."

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