In December 2012, Delhi witnessed a horrific crime that sparked anger and outrage across the country. A 23-year-old paramedic student, referred to as Nirbhaya, was gang-raped on a moving bus and assaulted by six persons before being dumped on the road. Nirbhaya did not survive the attack. Changes in the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act 2013 to lay down stringent punishment for sexual offences against women followed. And that’s how the law came to popularly referred to as ‘The Nirbhaya Act’. Subsequently, the Nirbhaya Fund was created to be utilized for projects meant to improve safety of women in public places.
One of the six accused in the Nirbhaya case, Ram Singh, allegedly committed suicide in the Tihar Jail. A juvenile accused was released from a reformation home after serving a three-year term. A Delhi court issued death warrants all four convicts in the case and ordered they be hanged on Feb 1.
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