The convicts were on the prowl to satisfy their "sexual lust", said Additional Sessions Judge Virender Bhat, adding that they were a "threat to the whole society" and should be kept away.
The court said that the convicts abducted the 30-year-old victim then, in a jiffy after she, along with her friend, was dropped by their office cab, which demonstrated that the men were on the prowl, looking for a "prey" to satisfy their "sexual lust".
"This manifests that the convicts are psychopaths, having no regard for the honour and dignity of the women folk in the society and thus are a threat to the whole society. It is the demand of justice that they should be kept away from society as long as possible," the judge said.
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