Uber cab driver gets jail for life for raping woman executive


New Delhi, Nov 3 (PTI) : An Uber cab driver was today sentenced to life imprisonment till his natural death for raping a woman executive in his taxi 11 months ago by a Delhi court.

The court awarded the maximum sentence for the offence which endangered the life of the 25-year-old woman.

32-year-old Shiv Kumar Yadav was given the life imprisonment by Additional Sessions Judge Kaveri Baweja who held that the convict while raping the victim abducted her with an intent to compel her for marriage.

"Convict (Yadav) is sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for life which shall mean imprisonment till his remaining natural life for the offence under section 376 (2)(m) (committing rape causes grievous bodily harm) of the IPC," the judge said and also imposed a fine of Rs 21,000 on him.

The court also directed the Delhi Legal Services Authority to give compensation to the victim and to take care of the family of the convict.

Moments after pronouncement of the judgment, Yadav, his wife, father and two minor daughters started crying inconsolably.

His wailing wife also fainted in the courtroom.

According to the prosecution, the incident took place on the night of December 5 last year when the victim, a finance executive working in Gurgaon, was heading back to her house at Inderlok in Central Delhi.

The accused was arrested on December 7, 2014 from Mathura. The prosecution had produced 28 witnesses in the case.

  

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  • Elroy, Karkala

    Wed, Nov 04 2015

    Why the court and law is different for different rapes. Other rapes are not rapes or the victims are not humans. I feel in India rapes have a variety and the punishment has variety.

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Tue, Nov 03 2015

    What happened to the Van Driver who raped a school girl in Mangaluru ...

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  • Ram Shetty, Mangalore/Mumbai

    Tue, Nov 03 2015

    The guys over here who are clicking disagree should also be punished, they too could be rapist or part of some rapist gang.

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Tue, Nov 03 2015

    Who no punishment for driver who raped a school girl in Mangaluru ...

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  • MW, DUBAI

    Tue, Nov 03 2015

    NOW BIRYANI BHAGYA FOR THE LIFE TIME......

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  • A. S. Mathew, U.S.A.

    Tue, Nov 03 2015

    Rape is murder without a knife or gun destroying somebody's life for ever and the victim will never recover from that torturing pain.

    The Rapists must be punished double hard for their animalistic behavior in public until they die.

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  • MILAN, DXB

    Tue, Nov 03 2015

    HANG TILL DEATH OR STONE TO DEATH IS ONLY SOLUTION.
    HE WILL THINK 100 TIMES BEFORE RAPE.

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  • Rita, Germany

    Tue, Nov 03 2015

    @ Milan DXB,he will not be getting another Chance to rape since life time jail is until his death.Fellow didnt realize it he was a Family father with two children and a wife?and wanted to marry her?what a shame.His wife and children have to suffer now because of his stupidness.

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  • CONRAD JOHN TAURO, SHIRVA/UDUPI/DUBAI

    Tue, Nov 03 2015

    Death penalty right penalty.

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  • Flavian, Mangaluru/Kuwait

    Tue, Nov 03 2015

    Such punishment will not bring lost dignity of the victim and she will lament ghastly, shameful incident rest of her life.
    Should have been hanged instead of life imprisonment. (At least other likely rapist would have got the message)

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  • readerwriter007, pune

    Tue, Nov 03 2015

    great news and welcome to such milestone judgments. Really appreciated. Let these recent judgments be a lesson to all such evil minds.

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