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[Breaking]: President Rejects Mercy Plea Of 2012 Nirbhaya Gangrape Convict Vinay Sharma

Lawstreet Journal 1 Feb 2020 4:32pm

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The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind today (February 1, 2020) has rejected the mercy petition filed before him by Nirbhaya rape and murder case convict Vinay Sharma. Earlier in the case, on 31st January 2020, the Patiala House Court of Delhi had passed the order putting stay on hanging of four convicts in Nirbhaya gang rape case, scheduled for 1st February 2020, at 6 AM. The court had put a stay on death sentence till further notice, taking the ground that the convicts have not exhausted all their legal remedies. The applications filed by the convicts took ground of Rule 836 and Rule 858 of prison rules, Rule 836 states that a convict cannot be executed when legal proceedings of a co-convict in the same case are pending and Rule 858 states that a death row convict must be given a notice of minimum 14 days after the rejection of the mercy plea.

After the convicts filed an application asking on stay on death sentences, Additional Session Judge (ASJ) Dharmendra Rana, stayed the execution of death penalties. A session’s court in Patiala house on 17th January issued death warrants against the four convicts. Two of the convicts Pawan Gupta and Akshay Singh have not yet filed mercy plea, and convict Vinay Sharma’s mercy plea has already being rejected by the President of India. The curative petitions filed by three convicts Akshay, Vinay and Mukesh have been rejected by SC and the fourth convict Vinay Sharma is seeking to file for… Continue Reading...


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