Tihar jail authorities Friday sought before a Delhi court issuance of fresh death warrants against the four convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case.
Nirbhaya's father said the news of the execution not happening on January 22 had disheartened them but Friday's developments have heightened their hopes. "There is a hearing at 3.30 pm at Patiala House Court and this development will have a positive impact on it. Kal jo nirasha thi woh aaj asha mein badal gayi hai (Yesterday's disappointment has turned into hope today)," he said.
The Union Home Ministry on Friday forwarded to President Ram Nath Kovind the mercy petition of one of the convicts in the Nirbhaya gangrape case, recommending its rejection, officials said. Mukesh Singh, one of the four death row convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case, had filed the mercy petition a few days ago.
The Delhi government Wednesday told the high court that execution of the death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case will not take place on January 22 as a mercy plea has been filed by one of them.
A second curative petition against the death sentence awarded to the convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case was filed in the Supreme Court on Thursday. The petition was filed on behalf of death row convict Mukesh Kumar, one of the four men sentenced to death in the case. Earlier in the day, Vinay Kumar Sharma had filed a curative petition in the apex court.
The four death-row convicts in the Nirbhaya case are likely to be shifted to Jail No. 3 in Tihar on Friday, where their execution will take place on January 22, a senior jail official said on Thursday. Currently, three convicts are lodged in Jail No. 2 and one in Jail No. 4.
Vinay Kumar Sharma, one of the convicts in the Nirbhaya rape and murder case has filed a curative petition before the Supreme Court on Thursday. A Delhi Court had issued a death warrant against all four convicts on January 7 and they are scheduled to be executed on January 22 at 7 am.
"We will most likely write to the prison authority of Uttar Pradesh on Thursday and seek services of two hangmen depending on the availability," a senior Tihar Jail official said.
With folded hands, Pawan Jallad thanks God for being tasked by UP jail administration for executing the death sentence of all four convicts of Nirbhaya rape and murder case.
Bar Council of Delhi Chairman K.C. Mittal confirmed that the complaint referred by Justice Suresh Kait against A.P. Singh will be taken up in the next meeting which is on January 17.
A court on Tuesday, while issuing death warrants for the four convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case, observed that the four didn't exercise their legal remedies "despite being afforded sufficient time and opportunity".
All the convicts in the Nirbhaya rape and murder case will be hanged on January 22 at 7 am in Tihar Jail's cell 3. It is the same cell where Afzal Guru was executed in the Parliament attack case.
The execution of the Nirbhaya case convicts will be a "real tribute" to her, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Pramod Singh Kushwaha, who headed the SIT which probed the 2012 case, said on Tuesday.
Moments before Delhi court pronounced its verdict sensational 2012 Delhi gang-rape and murder case of a paramedical student-known to the world as "Nirbhaya", the mother of one of the convicts walked to Nirbhaya's mother in the courtroom and begged for his life.
On Tuesday, a Delhi court announced that the four men convicted in her gangrape and murder will be hanged on January 22 at 7 am, putting the spotlight back on the bus stand where the shadows are deep and dark.
The Delhi court on Tuesday ordered death warrant against all four convicts in the sensational 2012 Nirbhaya Gang rape and murder case. All the four convicts will be hanged on January 22 at 7 am in Tihar jail. Commenting on Delhi court's execution order, Asha Devi, Nirbhaya's mother said the order will reinforce faith in courts.
A Delhi court on Monday dismissed a complaint filed by the father of one of the four death row convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case, seeking an FIR against the sole witness in the matter for allegedly giving interviews to various news channels after charging money.
The Delhi High Court on Thursday adjourned the hearing on a plea of one of the Nirbhaya rape accused till January 24, 2020 as Pawan Gupta on death row pleaded that he was a minor.
Public prosecutor argued in Delhi Court that pendency of mercy petitions or fact that convicts want to file mercy petitions does not preclude court from issuing death warrant. The lawyer representing Nirbhaya's parents said, "I request this court to fix a date and time beyond 14 days. If the convicts have any remedy remaining they can approach the necessary authority."
A Delhi court on Tuesday issued the death warrant against all four death row convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case. The execution has been scheduled for 7 am on January 22 at the Tihar jail.
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