Daijiworld Media Network-Bengaluru (RJP)
Bengaluru, Oct 18: Convicted notorious serial rapist B A Umesh alias Umesh Reddy) has approached the state High Court with an application to commute his death sentence to life imprisonment.
Reddy has cited the delay in replying to his mercy petition as the justification for his plea. He says the President of India took 2 years and 3 months to reply to his mercy petition.
Reddy in his writ petition to the High Court has contended that he has been behind bars for more than 18-and-a-half years, including 10 years of solitary confinement.
He has said that he has suffered mental illness and is taking antipsychotic medicines.
The court has said that it will take up the matter on Tuesday, October 18.