Protests over the Nirbhaya gang-rape spurred changes in law and a government fund for women's safety.

Highlights 23-year-old Nirbhaya beaten, gang-raped on a bus in Delhi in 2012

4 sentenced to death by trial court in 2013, 1 sent to juvenile home

Two-judge Supreme Court bench will give verdict today

They will still have the option to seek a presidential pardon. Or file a review petition again in the top court. But it is rare for the top court to change its mind, unless the plea makes a new, valid point.In 2015, the four had also been sentenced to 10 years jail for a robbery that the police was able to link to them after their arrest for the gang-rape. An appeal against this conviction is pending in the high court.