The four convicts in the December 16 gangrape and murder case have been
awarded death penalty by a fast track court in Delhi .
The court had last Wednesday fixed September 13 for pronouncing the quantum of sentence to the four convicts in this case. Additional Sessions Judge Yogesh Khanna reserved the order on punishment after hearing arguments of the prosecution, which sought death penalty for the four convicts.

The fast-track court convicted the four last Tuesday, by relying on the victim's dying declaration and forensic evidence. The court held them guilty of 13 offences, including gangrape, unnatural offence, murder, dacoity, conspiracy, kidnapping and destruction of evidence.

The para- medical student was raped and beaten in a moving bus in Delhi on December 16 last year. She died 13 days later. The police had charged six persons in the incident. The case against one of the main accused, Ram Singh, was dropped following his death in Tihar Jail during the trial earlier this year. The sixth accused, who was a juvenile, was held guilty by the Juvenile Justice Board on August the 31st, and sent to a remand home for three years.