The death warrant was issued a day after President rejected the mercy petition of Pawan Gupta, the last of the 4 death row convicts in Nirbhaya case.
New Delhi| The four convicts, who got the death penalty for the gangrape and murder of a 23-year-old medical student in Delhi – dubbed Nirbhaya – more than seven years ago, will be hanged on March 20, at 5:30 am. This is the fourth death warrant issued by a Delhi court.
Yesterday, the Delhi government moved a city court seeking a fresh date for the execution of four convicts, saying their all legal remedies are exhausted.
President Ram Nath Kovind rejected the last mercy plea, filed by Pawan Gupta.
The trial court had on February 17 issued a fresh date, March 3 at 6 am, for the execution of death warrants for the four convicts — Mukesh Kumar Singh (32), Pawan (25), Vinay Sharma (26) and Akshay Kumar Singh (31) — in the case.
Additional Sessions Judge Dharmendra Rana fixed March 20 as the new date of execution after it was told by the Delhi government that the convicts have exhausted all their legal remedies. The lawyer for the four death row convicts also told the court that there was no legal impediment for court in proceeding to fix the date of execution.
The authorities of Delhi’s Tihar Jail, where the men are lodged, had said they approach courts for a fresh date of execution.
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“I hope this is the final date and they would be hanged on March 20. While dying Nirbhaya asked to ensure they get such punishment that such crime is not repeated ever,” Nirbhaya’s mother Asha Devi said.
On Monday, the Patiala House court had refused to hold the execution of the four Nirbhaya case convicts, who were to be hanged at 6 am on Tuesday.
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