Nirbhaya convicts entitled to exhaust legal remedies: Court


New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS): A Delhi court on Thursday adjourned till February 17 hearing on a petition seeking issuance of death warrant in Nirbhaya rape case, observing that condemned convicts are entitled to exhaust their legal remedies and it cannot afford to ignore their fundamental rights.

"Article 21 protects the life and liberty of condemned convicts till last breath. The condemned convicts are entitled to exhaust the legal remedies and the court cannot afford to ignore heir fundamental rights," Additional Sessions Judge Dharmendra Rana said.

The court also asked the new counsel representing a death-row convict, Pawan, to study the matter.

The court on Wednesday gave liberty to Pawan to choose his own counsel after his lawyer, A.P. Singh, refused to represent him in the matter.

The court directed the death-row convict to select his counsel from the list of empanelled advocates of the Delhi State Legal Service Authority.

The case pertains to the gang-rape and murder of a 23-year-old girl in the national capital in December 2012.

Out of the four convicts, Pawan is the only one who has not yet availed of the remedy of either curative or mercy petitions, which will be the last judicial and constitutional resort available to him.

 

  

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  • Wilson DSouza, Moodbidri

    Thu, Feb 13 2020

    Nirbhaya must have begged for mercy in a similar way with these rapists. So life comes as a full circle for all.

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  • Flavian, Mangaluru/Kuwait

    Thu, Feb 13 2020

    For these convicts passing of every minute is like living a year.
    Their love for life and agony reaches new heights but hopes of survival dashes. Whatever, additional time comes on their life, they must regret again & again and must pray for God's mercy. No other way.
    Death by hanging till the last breath is their destiny and there is no doubt about it.

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Thu, Feb 13 2020

    Encounter is the only Solution ...

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