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Nirbhaya Rape Case: The Delhi Government Moves Patiala House Court To Seek New Execution Dates For The 4 Convicts; Hearing Today At 2 pm

Lawstreet Journal 5 Mar 2020 2:33pm

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New Delhi: The Delhi government on Wednesday (04 March, 2020) moved the Patiala Court seeking fresh date for the execution of four Nirbhaya case convicts, the court has issued notice to all the convicts. 

Hearing will take place on Thursday (5th March) at 2 pm. Appearing for the state, Public Prosecutor Irfan Ahmad informed the court that President, earlier in the day, rejected the mercy plea of the last of the convicts Pawan and that the Tihar authorities have already intimated him about the rejection of his mercy plea. Advocate Ahmad also argued that the court is not required to issue a notice to the convicts before issuing a fresh date of execution, however, in view of the principles of natural justice, the court has issued a notice to the convicts. 

The trial court had on February 17 issued fresh date for execution of death warrants for March 3 at 6 am for the four convicts - Mukesh Kumar Singh, Pawan, Vinay Sharma  and Akshay Kumar Singh. 

President Ram Nath Kovind rejected the mercy petition of one of the convicts - Pawan Gupta. The Supreme Court had also rejected his curative plea on Monday, after which his counsel AP Singh filed the mercy petition. Notably, Additional Sessions Judge Dharmender Rana had highlighted in the order deferring the execution of rapists that the Delhi Prison Rules mandate a buffer period of 14 days between the receipt of the communication of the rejection of the mercy petition and the day of execution. 

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