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The Supreme Court upheld the death penalty for the four convicts for the 2012 gang-rape and murder of Nirbhaya on May 5.

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"The Nirbhaya rape-cum-murder case is rarest of rare case and we are compelled to give extreme punishment to ensure justice," said the apex court, while delivering the order.

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The top court was hearing an appeal filed by the four convicts - Akshay, Pawan, Vinay Sharma and Mukesh - who challenged the Delhi High Court's March 2014 confirmation of the death sentence handed to them by a trial court in 2013.

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"The brutal, barbaric, and demonical conduct of the convicts shook the conscience of humanity and they don't deserve leniency," the top court said.

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"Leave the Supreme Court, even God will not forgive such people. They will be awarded death sentence," said Nirbhaya's father. (Photo Courtesy: Twitter)

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