Uber rape: Convict sentenced to life imprisonment

Shiv Kumar Yadav was convicted last month on charges of rape

Uber cab driver Shiv Kumar Yadav who raped a woman executive on December 5 last year was awarded life imprisonment till death by a court here on Tuesday.

Additional Sessions Judge Kaveri Baweja pronounced the order.

Talking to reporters, Public Prosecutor Atul Srivastav told reporters outside the Tis Hazari Court: "We requested the Court to give him maximum punishment to send a strong message to the society."

"The convict was awarded life imprisonment till his natural life under section 376 (2A) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC); one year of imprisonment and Rs 1,000 fine under section 323 of the IPC; 10 years of jail and Rs 5,000 fine under section 366 of the IPC; and seven years of imprisonment and Rs 5,000 fine under section 506 of the IPC," said Srivastav, while elaborating upon the quantum of punishment awarded to Yadav.
 

 

 

Yadav was convicted last month on charges of rape, causing grievous bodily harm and endangering the life of the woman, and other charges dealing with kidnapping, criminal intimidation and voluntarily causing hurt.

On the night of December 5, the woman hired the cab to head back home in north Delhi's Inderlok area. Police said Yadav drove the woman to an isolated place and raped her.