NEW DELHI – India’s top court has temporarily stayed the hanging of two of the four men convicted for the 2012 gang rape and murder of a young woman on a bus in New Delhi.
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The Supreme Court’s order Saturday came in response to a petition filed by an attorney for the two men that said the appeals court that confirmed the death sentence this past week had completely ignored their defence.
The court scheduled a hearing in the case for March 31.
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An attorney for the other two convicted men, who also face the death penalty, said he would approach the court soon.
The attack on the woman unleashed a wave of public anger over the treatment of Indian women and the epidemic of sexual violence in the country.
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