Nirbhaya case hearing in SC today

The Nirbhaya case will come up for hearing in the Supreme Court on Monday during which the apex Court will hear the appeals filed by the four rapists who have been sentenced to death.  The convicts have challenged their sentence in the Supreme court, which has allotted two extra hours to hear the case. All four accused had been given the death sentence by a trial court, which was upheld by the Delhi High Court in

March 2014. One the accused, a juvenile, had been confined at a correctional centre for three years. Another, the prime accused, bus driver Ram Singh, was found dead in jail.