- Written by Prakhar Dixit, Managing Partner Sync Legal and Siddharth Kumar Singh, Associate Sync Legal
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On December 16, 2012, there occurred a horrendous incident, in Delhi, which shook the conscience of the whole nation. 5 men and 1 juvenile committed the heinous crime of gang rape on a 23 years old physiotherapist trainee, Nirbhaya (name changed in order to protect the identity of the victim in sexual offences)[1], marking it as the black day of the decade for the nation. This led to widespread anger throughout the nation leading to extensive protests demanding justice for the girl because Nirbhaya was critical and wasn’t responding well to the treatment administered to her and under the pressure created by the protests, the Union government rushed the victim for treatment to Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore, whereinafter she succumbed to her injuries. All the 6 accused namely Ram Singh (aged about 33 years), Pawan Gupta (aged about 19 years), Vinay Sharma (aged about 21 years), Mukesh (aged about 26 years), Akshay Kumar Singh (aged about 28 years) and one minor, were arrested and brought before the court.