The four convicts deserved it every bit. After what they did to the hapless girl, they lost all rights to live. It is even terrible to imagine what the girl had to go through. Even that juvenile should have been hanged

Anusuya Dhir Singh, homemaker

The saddest part of the judgment is that it took almost nine months to deliver it. Capital punishment may not stop rapes, but it sends out a strong message. It will instil fear in the minds of the criminals. Also, the public outrage was one reason behind the judgment

Vikram Samal, paediatrician

It sounds strange, but I am very happy that the murderers have been given death sentence. The public should pelt them with stones before they are hanged

 

Ankita Naik, HR professional

 

They must be hanged immediately. The execution should not be kept pending like it happened in the case of Dhananjoy Chatterjee. I am pretty sure that the debate over the verdict itself will continue for the next 20 years

Subhashish Kar, entrepreneur

Death penalty for the four accused after nine months and another criminal gets only three years of imprisonment just because he is a juvenile. What are we so glad about? If the girl were a daughter of a minister, justice would have come long back. It is a shame

 

Sulagna, television personality

If they felt raping a woman had helped prove their virility, then the first thing that should have been done was to castrate them. Women can never feel safe when men with such mentality are lurking around

Amrita Parida, corporate employee