Bollywood welcomes death penalty for Delhi gangrape convicts

The court said the gravity of the offence cannot be tolerated.

Bollywood today welcomed the death penalty for the Delhi gangrape convicts by a Delhi court. Celebrities like Akshay Kumar,Karan Johar and Anupam Kher took to Twitter to express their views on the verdict. The court said the gravity of the offence cannot be tolerated.

Here is what Bollywood has to say on the December 16 gangrape verdict.

Justice prevails,death sentence for the four rapists! Hope this conveys a message to the other men.They deserve not http://t.co/bpV1wGr5PM

— Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) September 13,2013

Death Sentence of the Rapists!!!!! Thank god…there is a god!!! and finally…there is JUSTICE!!!

— Karan Johar (@karanjohar) September 13,2013

" Death Sentence for Rapists." This Friday the 13th is a day of JUSTICE. Jai Ho.:)

— Anupam Kher (@AnupamPkher) September 13,2013

Respect the judgement – Nirbhaya's rapists sentenced to death #JusticeForBraveheart

— GangsOfMastiKhor RD (@Riteishd) September 13,2013

RT @IndianExpress FLASH: All four #Delhigangrape accused convicts get death sentence" YES!! Finally!Hope this judgement serves as a warning!

— SOPHIE CHOUDRY (@Sophie_Choudry) September 13,2013

#nirbhaya Finally some justice!

— Bipasha Basu (@bipsluvurself) September 13,2013

News just came in that all 4 #DelhiGangrape accused get death sentence.if this is true,a huge moment of sum justice 4 the victims parents.

— Ayesha Takia Azmi♡ (@Ayeshatakia) September 13,2013

Death sentence #Delhigangrape deserved hope any perverts looking with a dirty eye at women will understand how india deals with this now

— varun dhawan (@Varun_dvn) September 13,2013

Death Sentence for 4 Rapists!Justice for #Nirbhaya finally.Please hang the 'juvenile' also.He's as guilty as these 4!

— kunal kohli (@kunalkohli) September 13,2013

Woooohooooo…death sentence for all 4 rapists..justice finally…#nirbhaya..proud to be an indian tday!

— GAUAHAR KHAN (@GAUAHAR_KHAN) September 13,2013

It is Real Friday the 13th for all the 4 Convicts #DelhiGangRape

— Poonam Pandey (@iPoonampandey) September 13,2013

Why everyone's celebrating this sentence,though the rapists deserve it? What's changed for women since Dec16? Has safety improved?

— VISHAL DADLANI (@VishalDadlani) September 13,2013

The offence committed by Mukesh (26),Akshay Thakur (28),Pawan Gupta (19) and Vinay Sharma (20) falls under the rarest of rare category warranting capital punishment,the judge said.

Besides murder,the four have been also convicted for offences including gangrape,unnatural offences,attempt to murder,dacoity,destruction of evidence,conspiracy,kidnapping or abducting in order to murder,while acquitting them of the charge of murder in dacoity.

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