Nirbhaya case: SC rejects curative petition of convict Pawan Gupta, all legal remedies exhausted
The four convicts in the 2012 case, Vinay, Akshay Thakur, Pawan Gupta and Mukesh Singh are scheduled to be hanged at 5:30 am on March 20.
The four convicts in the 2012 case, Vinay, Akshay Thakur, Pawan Gupta and Mukesh Singh are scheduled to be hanged at 5:30 am on March 20.
During the hearing, the court observed that 'general anxiety and depression in case of a death row convict is obvious'.
An application, moved through his lawyer AP Singh, had mentioned that Vinay Sharma, 26, sustained a grievous head injury, fracture in the right arm and suffers from mental illness and schizophrenia.
The four convicts -- Mukesh Singh, Vinay Sharma, Akshay Thakur Singh and Pawan Gupta -- are to be hanged at 6 am on March 3.
Sharma had claimed in the apex court that President Ram Nath Kovind while rejecting his petition had not considered the ‘mental stability’ he suffered due to torture in jail.
Convict Vinay Sharma, through advocate AP Singh, moved the Supreme court on Tuesday challenging the rejection of his mercy petition by the President.
Right after the rejection of Sharma's mercy plea was rejected, another convict Akshay Thakur had filed a mercy petition before the President.
Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia's assertion came as the Tihar authorities informed that execution of the four convicts cannot take place on January 22 as a mercy plea has been filed by one of them.
This came a day after the Centre on Friday recommended to President Ram Nath Kovind rejection of the mercy plea of Sharma.
In a major development to the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case, the Supreme Court on Monday reserved judgment on…
