Just a day before the Supreme Court delivered a historic judgement in the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case – pronouncing the death sentence for all four convicts – the Bombay High Court had rejected the death plea for the accused in the Bilkis Bano case. On 4 May, the conviction and life imprisonment of 12 people in the March 2002 Bilkis Bano gangrape case was upheld.
As the parents of Jyoti Singh – who was dubbed Nirbhaya – found justice in the SC verdict, Twitterati engaged in a heated debate on why Bilkis Bano’s case was treated differently, and the accused were given life imprisonment instead of the death penalty.
What About Bilkis Bano's Perpetrators?
Many voiced their concerns asking why Bilkis Bano’s case does not qualify in the ‘rarest of rare’ category.
'Hang All Rapists'
Many agreed that there are no two ways about it – all rapists must be given death penalty:
Why the Comparison?
A few also wondered why there was such a stark difference in the two verdicts.
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