Pakistan, July 22 -- The Lahore High Court (LHC) has issued its detailed verdict upholding the death sentences awarded to the two convicts in the high-profile motorway gang rape case, dismissing their appeals against the punishment.

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The 17-page judgment, authored by a two-member bench headed by Justice Shehbaz Rizvi, emphasised that crimes of sexual violence against women create fear and insecurity in society and that unwarranted leniency in such cases would undermine justice and the rule of law.

The court described DNA evidence as one of the most reliable means of establishing the truth, noting that blood samples collected from the crime scene matched the DNA profile of...