{"id":39728,"date":"2015-11-03T10:38:24","date_gmt":"2015-11-03T05:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=39728"},"modified":"2015-11-03T10:38:24","modified_gmt":"2015-11-03T05:08:24","slug":"uber-cab-driver-gets-jail-for-life-for-raping-woman-executive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/uber-cab-driver-gets-jail-for-life-for-raping-woman-executive","title":{"rendered":"Uber cab driver gets jail for life for raping woman executive"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_37655\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37655\" style=\"width: 273px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/marital-rape.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"37655\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/refusal-to-criminalise-marital-rape-activists\/marital-rape-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/marital-rape.png?fit=273%2C184&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"273,184\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"marital rape\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/marital-rape.png?fit=273%2C184&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-37655 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/marital-rape.png?resize=273%2C184&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Uber cab driver gets jail for life for raping woman executive\" width=\"273\" height=\"184\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37655\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Uber cab driver gets jail for life for raping woman executive<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>An Uber cab driver held guilty of raping a passenger last year in an incident that sparked a nationwide debate on women&#8217;s safety, has been sentenced to life in prison.<\/p>\n<p>Shiv Kumar Yadav, 32, had committed a &#8220;very brutal crime&#8221; and a strong message needs to go out, argued the prosecution in a special fast track court in Delhi today.<\/p>\n<p>In a 99-page judgement last month, the court had said the 25-year-old woman was reminded of the horrific Delhi gang-rape in 2012 when the driver of the US-based service provider threatened to insert an iron rod in her body.<\/p>\n<p>The court held that the threat was very real in the mind of the woman when the driver had threatened her.<\/p>\n<p>Yadav was then found guilty of a series of charges including &#8220;endangering a woman&#8217;s life&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Today, his wife and two daughters were present in court during the sentencing. His wife wept and fainted after the judge announced a life term. Yadav&#8217;s lawyer had asked for a lighter sentence for him claiming that he was his family&#8217;s only earner.<\/p>\n<p>The woman, a financial executive working in Gurgaon near Delhi, has said that after she dozed off in the cab on the evening of December 5 last year, the driver took her to an unknown location, which later turned out to be a spot just a few kilometers from her home in west<br \/>\nDelhi.<\/p>\n<p>Shiv Kumar Yadav was arrested two days later.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Uber cab driver held guilty of raping a passenger last year in an incident that sparked a nationwide debate on women&#8217;s safety, has been sentenced to life in prison. Shiv Kumar Yadav, 32, had committed a &#8220;very brutal crime&#8221; and a strong message needs to go out, argued the prosecution in a special fast 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