Three of the four death-row convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape case moved a court on Wednesday asking for a stay on their execution, sayin...
Three of the four death-row convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape case moved a court on Wednesday asking for a stay on their execution, saying that the second mercy plea of one them has been pending, reported PTI. The convicts – Akshay Thakur, Vinay Sharma and Pawan Gupta – are scheduled to be hanged at Tihar Jail in Delhi on March 20 at 5.30 am. Mukesh Singh is the fourth convict.
Additional Sessions Judge Dharmender Rana has asked Tihar jail officials and the Delhi Police to respond to the petition, and the matter will be taken up on Thursday. Convict Thakur on Tuesday filed a second mercy petition before President Ram Nath Kovind. On Tuesday, Gupta filed a curative plea against the rejection of his review plea on the juvenile claim.
The court on Wednesday asked the convicts’ lawyer AP Singh why he filed an application at the end of the working day with one day left for the hanging. The counsel responded saying that the four convicts had a number of petitions pending in various courts.
Wednesday’s petition highlighted that the mercy pleas by Thakur and Gupta were pending before President Kovind, adding that a divorce plea filed by Thakur’s wife was pending before...
