An Uber cab driver gets life imprisonment till his natural death for raping a woman executive on the night of December 5 last year in his taxi.

The court awarded the uber driver maximum sentence for the offence which endangered the life of the 25-year-old woman.

Additional Sessions Judge said “Convict (Yadav) is sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for life which shall mean imprisonment till his remaining natural life for the offence under section 376 (2)(m) (committing rape causes grievous bodily harm) of the IPC.”

The court also imposed a fine of Rs. 21,000/-.
Moments after pronouncement of the judgment, Yadav, his wife, father and two minor daughters started crying inconsolably.

His wailing wife also fainted in the courtroom.
The incident had taken place on the night of December 5 last year when the victim working in Gurgaon was going back to her house in Inderlok after finishing work.

The accused was arrested on December 7, 2014 from Mathura.