Rape case overshadowed by Nirbhaya incident nears finality

The trial in the gruesome gang rape of a five-year-old girl in Delhi in April 2013, which was overshadowed by the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case that had happened just four months before it, came to an end on Saturday when a Delhi court convicted two persons for the crime.

While in the Nirbhaya case, a trial court convicted and awarded the death penalty to the convicts in 10 months, it took six years, seven judges and 57 prosecution witnesses to complete the trial in the 2013 case.

Advocates Anand Kumar and Virendra Verma, counsel for the rape survivor and her family, said the trial in the case was not fast-tracked, was not held on a day-to-day basis and saw multiple glitches.

The girl's father, however, expressed satisfaction on finally getting justice for his daughter. "Though the trial should have been completed in two years, we are happy we got justice after six years."