4 Nirbhaya case convicts to be hanged on Jan. 22
Court issues death warrants on a plea by victim’s parents
08/01/2020, SOIBAM ROCKY SINGH,NEW DELHI
All four convicts in the December 16, 2012, Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case will be hanged on January 22 at 7 a.m. inside Tihar jail, a Delhi court ordered on Tuesday.
Additional sessions judge Satish Kumar Arora issued the death warrants for convicts Mukesh, Vinay Sharma, Akshay Kumar Singh and Pawan Gupta on a plea by the victim’s parents to expedite their execution.
Before passing the order, the judge conducted a video conference call with the convicts, who are lodged in Tihar, to hear their side of the argument.
The victim’s mother, who was present in the court when the verdict was pronounced, said the decision would restore faith of women in the judiciary.
On December 18 last, the Supreme Court dismissed a review petition filed by convict Akshay Kumar Singh against its 2017 judgment upholding his death penalty.
In July 2018, the top court dismissed the review petitions of Mukesh, 30, Gupta, 23, and Sharma, 24, saying no grounds have been made by them for a review of the 2017 verdict.
A juvenile convict in the case has been released from a reformation home after serving a three-year term. One of the accused in the case, Ram Singh, died earlier in Tihar Jail.
Court issues death warrants on a plea by victim’s parents
08/01/2020, SOIBAM ROCKY SINGH,NEW DELHI
All four convicts in the December 16, 2012, Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case will be hanged on January 22 at 7 a.m. inside Tihar jail, a Delhi court ordered on Tuesday.
Additional sessions judge Satish Kumar Arora issued the death warrants for convicts Mukesh, Vinay Sharma, Akshay Kumar Singh and Pawan Gupta on a plea by the victim’s parents to expedite their execution.
Before passing the order, the judge conducted a video conference call with the convicts, who are lodged in Tihar, to hear their side of the argument.
The victim’s mother, who was present in the court when the verdict was pronounced, said the decision would restore faith of women in the judiciary.
On December 18 last, the Supreme Court dismissed a review petition filed by convict Akshay Kumar Singh against its 2017 judgment upholding his death penalty.
In July 2018, the top court dismissed the review petitions of Mukesh, 30, Gupta, 23, and Sharma, 24, saying no grounds have been made by them for a review of the 2017 verdict.
A juvenile convict in the case has been released from a reformation home after serving a three-year term. One of the accused in the case, Ram Singh, died earlier in Tihar Jail.
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