Nirbhaya Case: File Mercy Petition In 7 Days, Tihar Jail Issues Notice To Convicts
Delhi court had directed Tihar jail authorities on Wednesday to seek within a week response from the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya case.
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Delhi court had directed Tihar jail authorities on Wednesday to seek within a week response from the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya case.
One of the four convicts, Akshya Kumar Singh, moved the Supreme Court on Tuesday seeking review of its 2017 judgment handing down death penalty to all of them in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case.
In a letter written to Kovind, Nirbhaya's mother said the petition filed by one of the convicts, Vinay Sharma, 'deliberately tries to avoid the execution of the death sentence and hamper the dissemination of justice'.
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