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Tieng Anh Vui
A court in the Indian capital Delhi is due to deliver its verdict in the trial of four men charged with the fatal gang rape of a student last December, in a case that has shocked the country.
The 23-year-old woman was brutally assaulted on a moving bus and died two weeks later.
Her death led to days of violent protests across India in a wave of unprecedented anger.
It also sparked a national debate on the treatment of women.
The four men, who deny charges including rape and murder, could face the death penalty if found guilty of the attack on the young physiotherapy student.
At the end of last month a teenager who was found guilty of taking part in the rape in Delhi was sentenced to three years in a reform facility, the maximum term possible because the crime was committed when he was 17. He also denied all the charges.
A fifth adult defendant, Ram Singh, was found dead in his cell in March. Prison officials said they believed he hanged himself but his family allege he was murdered.
Case timeline
- 16 December 2012: Student gang raped on Delhi bus
- 17 December: Bus driver Ram Singh and three others arrested
- 21-22 December: Two more arrests, including a minor
- 29 December: Victim dies in Singapore hospital
- 21 January: Trial of five of the accused begins in special fast-track court - they later plead not guilty
- 28 February: Sixth accused charged in juvenile court
- 11 March: Ram Singh found dead in Tihar jail
- 31 August: Juvenile found guilty and given three-year term in reform facility
A judge who has been hearing the case since February is due to pronounce his verdict against the four accused in a special fast-track court.
The BBC's Sanjoy Majumder in Delhi says that more than 100 witnesses have testified in what has been a landmark case.
Our correspondent says that the four accused, aged 19 to 35, face capital punishment under new laws introduced after nationwide protests that followed the attack.
The victim, who also cannot be named for legal reasons, was with a male friend when she was attacked on a bus and thrown from the vehicle.
Police said the assailants beat both of them and then raped the woman. She died in a Singapore hospital on 29 December from massive internal injuries.
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