Mukhtaran Mai was assaulted after the council in the Mirwala village of Muzzaffargarh in Punjab province ordered she be raped as punishment for her 13-year-old brother’s suspected affair with a woman of a higher caste.

Fourteen men were originally accused in the case, but a lower court acquitted eight. In 2005, an appeals court acquitted five out of the six remaining defendants, saying witness statements contradicted the prosecution case.

The Supreme Court upheld that ruling Thursday, said defense lawyer Malik Saleem. It also upheld the life sentence handed down to the sixth man.

Mai said she would not request another review of the case.

“I did not receive justice today, hence I have left my fate in the hands of God,” Mukhtaran Mai said while speaking to journalists from her house later.

“The release of the suspects has put my life in grave danger,” she added. “I have lost faith in the courts, and now I am leaving my case to the court of God. I am sure God will punish those who molested me.”