17 May 2005 :
a fast-track court in India sentenced to death two men named Ramniwas and Balbir after convicting them of raping and murdering a nursing student. The two were also sentenced to 10 years' rigorous imprisonment in what the additional district and sessions court termed a "rarest of rare" case. The court acquitted another accused, Rajesh, who turned witness in the case.According to the prosecution, Rekha, a nursing student at the city's government RBM hospital was having an affair with Ramniwas.
On November 1, 2003, she was to meet him in his village, Peelva near Nadbai, but arrived late.
An infuriated Ramniwas, along with Balbir and Rajesh, took her to a nearby field and raped her twice.
Ramniwas and Balbir then strangulated her, despite Rajesh's objections, and dumped her body near a railway track.
Rajesh fled the spot and narrated the incident to villagers who called in the police.