PATIALA HOUSE COURT VERDICT – ALL WILL BE HANGED AT 7 AM ON JANUARY 22

The Patiala House Court on Tuesday issued a death warrant for all the four criminals in Nirbhaya. The judge said that they would hang all the culprits at 7 am on January 22. The convicts Akshay, Pawan, Mukesh, and Vinay have 14 days to appeal in the High Court against the death warrant. If they do not do so, they will hang them. During the video conferencing hearing, the judge asked the convicts whether the jail administration had given you notice? Everyone said that they gave us notice.

The convict Akshay sought permission to speak to the judge and accused the media of leaking the news. After this, they threw the media out of the courtroom. Akshay said that we will all file curative petitions. The counsel for the convicts also sought time from the court to file a curative petition. However, the public prosecutor argued that this was only an attempt to prolong the case. He said that this petition has been pending since 2018 and the defense cannot say that they did not get a chance.

A Delhi court will on Tuesday hear a plea by the mother of the December 16 gang-rape victim seeking directions from the court to issue death warrant against her 23-year-old daughter’s tormentors.

In the last hearing, the court had directed the Tihar jail authorities to issue a notice to the convicts informing them about the legal remedies available to them. The order had come after the judge informed that the Supreme Court. However, it had dismissed the review petition of one the convicts – Akshay Kumar Singh.

The jail authorities had then issued a notice to the convicts on December 18 – Akshay, Vinay, Pawan, and Mukesh – who are on a death row for raping the physiotherapy student in a moving bus on December 16, 2012. The jail authorities told the convicts that they have seven days to file their mercy petition.

A DELHI COURT WILL HEAR A PLEA BY THE MOTHER OF THE GANG-RAPE VICTIM TODAY

However, replying to the notice, advocate AP Singh, representing three convicts. Also, said that they are yet to exhaust all their legal remedies. He said that they still have the option of filing a curative petition after their review petition was dismissed by the Supreme Court. The lawyer added that the convicts cannot file a mercy petition before the President till the time all legal remedies are exhausted.

The court will now hear the matter on Tuesday when all the facts would be placed before it. On an earlier date, the prosecution had sought that the death warrant. However, issued against the convicts stating that the mercy petition can be filed later. It had said that delaying tactics used by the convicts.

However, the court had refused to issue the warrant stating that it can’t do so before the convicts have exhausted all the legal remedies.

THE 23-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WAS GANG-RAPED

On Monday, another Delhi court dismissed a complaint by Heera Lal Gupta, father of Pawan Kumar Gupta (one of the convicts) who had sought perjury proceedings against the sole eye-witness, a friend of the victim, who was present with her on the day the incident took place.

The judge, while dismissing the complaint, said the same defence also used during the trial. However, the court had not accepted it leading to the conviction.

The 23-year-old woman gang-raped and tortured on December 16, 2012. Also, which led to her death. All the six accused arrested and charged with sexual assault and murder. One of the accused a minor and appeared before a juvenile justice court. However, while another accused committed suicide in Tihar Jail.

Four of the convicts sentenced to death by a trial court in September 2013. Also, the verdict confirmed by the Delhi High Court in March 2014. However, upheld by the Supreme Court in May 2017. Also, which dismissed their review petition in July 2018.