Death Warrant Issued Patiala House Court issues death warrants of all four accused in #Nirbhaya Gang rape and murder case… To Be Hanged Till Death on Jan 22.
The much-awaited execution day for the Nirbhaya gangrape convicts has been decided by a Delhi Court today. The four convicts – Pawan, Akshay, Vinay and Mukesh will be hanged on January 22, 2020, at 7 o’clock in the morning.
The verdict was made live on video conference to connect the court with the convicts who are lodged in Tihar Jail.
Additional Sessions Judge Satish Kumar Arora of the Patiala House Court had reserved the order earlier in the day on the plea by Nirbhaya’s parents seeking issuance of the death warrants of the four convicts. Before pronouncing the date, the judge spent some time speaking to each of the convicts via video conferencing after asking media persons to step out.
The court was informed that a curative petition was in the process of being filed
The parents of Nirbhaya had urged the court to expedite the execution proceedings as delay only added to their prolonged agony since the fateful night of December 16, 2012.
On Monday, the court dismissed an application filed by the father of one of the death-row convicts in the Nirbhaya rape case, who had questioned the credibility of the sole witness by claiming that he was “tutored” and sought the registration of FIR against him.
Out of the six accused in the gangrape and murder charges, the main accused Ram Singh had allegedly committed suicide in Tihar Jail during the pendency of the trial while another accused was a minor at the time of the commission of the crime and was hence sent to a reform facility for juveniles and released after serving three years.
