Reacting to the conviction of accused in the Bhopal gang rape case, Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan shower the timely judgement, adding that speedy justice and strict action is necessary in such cases.

"I am blessed that the judgement has resulted in record time. Rigorous punishment and speedy justice are necessary. We have decided on a substance to send to PM Narendra Modi. Once he sanctions, we will bring death sentences for such cases," he told reporters here.

Earlier in the month of November, a 19-year-old civil services applier was allegedly kidnapped by the four people and gang-raped near the Habibganj Railway Station in Bhopal.

Following their arrest, two doctors of Madhya Pradesh's Sultania Women Hospital were abeyant on November 11 after they produced an erroneous medical report stating that the victim indulged in consensual sex with the accused.

A fast-track court on Saturday awarded life imprisonment to all the four accused in gang rape case.

"Based on the evidence render by us, the court awarded all the four accused lifetime imprisonment," P N Rajput, the lawyer of the victim said.

The four were charged under sections 376 D (gangrape), 394 (voluntarily causing hurt in committing robbery), 366 (kidnapping woman), 347 (wrongful confinement), 342 (punishment for wrongful confinement) and 341 (punishment for wrongful restraint) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).