SC dismisses curative petitions of two convicts challenging death penalty in Nirbhaya case
Delhi’s Patiala House Court had on January 7 issued death warrants against all the four convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya rape and murder case.
Delhi’s Patiala House Court had on January 7 issued death warrants against all the four convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya rape and murder case.
Akshay Thakur Singh, Mukesh, Pawan Gupta and Vinay Sharma, who were found guilty in the rape and murder of a Delhi medical student, will be hanged at 7 am on January 22, as per a trial court order.
The Delhi court directed Tihar Jail authorities to issue a fresh notice to the convicts to file mercy petitions, and adjourned the matter for January 7.
