New Delhi, Feb. 28 -- Delhi's Tis Hazari court awarded death penalty to a rape and murder convict on Friday and handed life imprisonment to his father, who was also involved with him in the crime.

The court considered the case as the 'rarest of rare' cases and said that for the punishable offence under section 376-AB of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), convict Rajender alias Satish, is sentenced to death, and he shall be hanged by the neck till he is dead, subject to confirmation by the High Court of Delhi.

"It is a rarest of rare cases and for the offence punishable under section 376-AB IPC- he is sentenced to death and he shall be hanged by neck till he is dead subject to confirmation by the High Court of Delhi", the court ordered on Frid...