Tag: Nirbhaya convicts

SC to hear curative plea of Nirbhaya convicts today; victim’s mother says ‘they will be hanged’

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.

January 14, 2020

After 7 yrs, Nirbhaya convicts to be hanged on Jan 22 at 7 am; Delhi court issues death warrant

Akshay Thakur Singh, Mukesh, Pawan Gupta and Vinay Sharma were found guilty in the rape and murder of a Delhi medical student in 2012.

January 7, 2020

‘Don’t we have rights’: Nirbhaya’s mother after Delhi court declines death warrant for convicts

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.

December 18, 2019

SC rejects review plea of Nirbhaya killer, confirms death penalty for convict along with 3 others

A 23-year-old paramedic student, who came to be known as Nirbhaya, was gang-raped on the intervening night of December 16-17, 2012 inside a running bus in south Delhi by six persons and severely assaulted before being thrown out on the road.

December 18, 2019

CJI opts out of hearing Nirbhaya convict’s review plea, new bench to hear petition tomorrow

CJI Bobde opted out of the hearing as his nephew Arjun Bobde appeared for the victim.

December 17, 2019

Meerut hangman Pawan ‘Jallad’, whose grandfather executed Indira Gandhi’s killers, ready to hand Nirbhaya’s convicts

The 23-year-old woman was brutally gangraped and tortured on December 16, 2012 in a moving bus which led to her death. All the six accused were arrested and charged with sexual assault and murder.

December 13, 2019

Fate of Nirbhaya convicts to be decided on Dec 18: Delhi court

The Delhi court said it will wait to pass its order on the issuance of death warrants against the four people convicted in the case till the Supreme Court hearing on the review petition of one of the convicts.

December 13, 2019

No hangman in Tihar jail even as execution of Nirbhaya convicts nears

Earlier, media reports quoting Delhi Jail Director General Sandeep Goyal said there was no authorised trained executioner in Tihar Jail or Mandoli Jail who can perform the duty of a hangman.

December 9, 2019