Nirbhaya rape convict moves SC, challenges rejection of mercy plea by President
Nirbhaya Case / Nirbhaya rape convict moves SC, challenges rejection of mercy plea by President
Nirbhaya Case - Nirbhaya rape convict moves SC, challenges rejection of mercy plea by President
New Delhi: Mukesh Kumar Singh, one of the convicts in the Nirbhaya rape case moved Supreme Court on Saturday, 25 January, challenging the rejection of his mercy petition by the President.Earlier today, the Delhi Police told a Delhi court that the Tihar jail authorities have supplied all the relevant documents sought by the lawyer of the death row convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case.
The public prosecutor, appearing for police, told Additional Sessions Judge Ajay Kumar Jain that the convicts are only adopting “delaying tactics”.
An advocate appearing for three of the four death row convicts in the case has moved the court on Friday alleging that the Tihar jail authorities were not handing over certain documents and this was causing delay in filing their mercy and curative petitions.