All 4 Nirbhaya Case Convicts to be Hanged Tomorrow; Legal Options Exhausted

New Delhi: The stage is set for the hanging of all the four Nirbhaya case convicts on Friday (March 20) morning as a Delhi court on Thursday (March 19) dismissed the plea of three death-row convicts seeking a stay on their execution while Supreme Court also refused to entertain the plea of another convict Mukesh Singh, challenging Delhi High Court’s order that had rejected his claim that he was not in the city when at the time of crime on December 16, 2012.

Delhi court’s Additional Sessions Judge Dharmender Rana today dismissed the plea of Akshay Kumar, Pawan Gupta and Vinay Sharma seeking a stay on the death penalty, saying the second mercy plea of one of them was still pending. The court was informed by the public prosecutor that second mercy pleas of Akshay and Pawan, were rejected on the ground that the first such plea was entertained and considered on merit.

Public prosecutor further informed the court that advocate A P Singh, counsel for the convicts, was giving false information about second mercy plea of Pawan and said that all the convicts have exhausted their legal remedies.

Meanwhile, the apex court today also refused to entertain Mukesh Singh’s plea challenging Delhi High Court order which rejected his claim that he was not in the city when at the time of crime on December 16, 2012.