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The case pertains to the alleged abduction, gang-rape, and murder of a 19-year-old girl from Uttarakhand`s Pauri by three men in the Chhawla area of the national capital`s Dwarka on February 9, 2012.
Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena today approved a request by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in the city to file a review petition in the Supreme Court challenging the acquittal of the three men.
On November 7, the top court acquitted the three men sentenced to death for the gangrape and murder, noting that the prosecution failed to provide evidence.
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The Court held that the trial court had remained a 'passive umpire' to improper examination of prosecution witnesses and forensic evidence that the police had relied on.
The Supreme Court today reserved its decision on the death penalty for three convicted for the rape and murder of a 19-year-old girl in Delhi's Chhawla.