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THE SUPREME Court acquitted three men on Monday who were sentenced to death for the 2012 Chhawla gangrape and murder of a 19-year old woman. All three accused challenged the High Court's petition in the apex court. The Supreme Court set aside the High Court's decision.

A bench of Justices UU Lalit, Ash Ravindra Bhatt, and Bela M Trivedi had reserved the verdict on the matter on April 6.

Ravi Kumar, Rahul, and Vinod kidnapped the girl on her way home with three colleagues on February 9, 2012.

As per the reports, the victim was taken to a mustard field 30 km away in Rodhai village of Rewari district, Haryana. The girl was then thrashed with the tools used in the car; her body was smeared with cigarettes, and her face was burned with acid.

She was from Uttarakhand and worked in Gurgaon's Cyber City area. She was on her way home from work in February 2012 when the suspect reportedly kidnapped her and drove off in a car. Her parents filed a missing person report when she failed to arrive at their house. Later, the woman's mutilated and decomposing body was discovered in Rewari Village in Haryana.

Multiple injuries were discovered on the woman's body by the police, and a subsequent investigation and autopsy indicated that she had been attacked with automobile tools, glass bottles, metal items, and other weapons.

After the top court announced its decision, the mother can be seen crying in a video.

"After 11 years, this is the verdict... We have lost. I was waiting for this verdict. Now, I feel I have no reason to live. I thought my daughter would get justice," as quoted by NDTV.