Alleging that trial court’s order was “bad in law”, three of the four death row convicts in the December 16 gangrape and murder case have moved the Delhi High Court against the 10-year jail term handed down to them in a robbery case.
Convicted for dacoity and dishonestly receiving stolen property before brutally raping and assaulting a 23-year-old girl on the night of December 16, the convicts alleged that the trial court’s order was “bad in law” and “against the principle of natural justice.”
Besides Akshay Kumar Singh, Pawan Gupta and Vinay Sharma, the trial court on September 2 last year had awarded 10-year-imprisonment to convict Mukesh, saying they “do not deserve any leniency”.
It had also imposed a fine of Rs1.01 lakh each on the four convicts, who are lodged in Tihar jail.
The convicts in their appeal, filed through advocate AP Singh, have sought setting aside of the trial court’s decision, saying the judgement did not pay “heed towards facts produced by the accused persons during the trial of the case”.
The plea stated that the prosecution has failed to prove its case and had not placed any material evidence, which could point to their guilt.