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Nirbhaya Rape Case: The Delhi Government Moves Patiala House Court To Seek New Execution Dates For The 4 Convicts; Hearing Today At 2 pm

By LawStreet News Network      05 March, 2020 09:03 AM      0 Comments
Delhi Government Moves Patiala House Court

New Delhi: The Delhi government on Wednesday (04 March, 2020) moved the Patiala Court seeking fresh date for the execution of four Nirbhaya case convicts, the court has issued notice to all the convicts.

Hearing will take place on Thursday (5th March) at 2 pm. Appearing for the state, Public Prosecutor Irfan Ahmad informed the court that President, earlier in the day, rejected the mercy plea of the last of the convicts Pawan and that the Tihar authorities have already intimated him about the rejection of his mercy plea. Advocate Ahmad also argued that the court is not required to issue a notice to the convicts before issuing a fresh date of execution, however, in view of the principles of natural justice, the court has issued a notice to the convicts.

The trial court had on February 17 issued fresh date for execution of death warrants for March 3 at 6 am for the four convicts - Mukesh Kumar Singh, Pawan, Vinay Sharma and Akshay Kumar Singh.

President Ram Nath Kovind rejected the mercy petition of one of the convicts - Pawan Gupta. The Supreme Court had also rejected his curative plea on Monday, after which his counsel AP Singh filed the mercy petition. Notably, Additional Sessions Judge Dharmender Rana had highlighted in the order deferring the execution of rapists that the Delhi Prison Rules mandate a buffer period of 14 days between the receipt of the communication of the rejection of the mercy petition and the day of execution.

A 23-year-old paramedic student Nirbhaya was gang-raped inside a running bus by six persons on December 16, 2012, in Delhi. The victim was severely assaulted and thrown out on the road along with her male friend and succumbed to injuries a few days later. Out of the six convicts, one reportedly committed suicide in prison, while another, a juvenile, served maximum punishment of three years in a reform home and was set free in 2015.



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