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Nirbhaya case: Convict Vinay Sharma files mercy petition

  •   Thu, Jan 30 2020 10:17:37 AM

New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS): Vinay Kumar Sharma, one of the convicts in the Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case awaiting execution, has sent a mercy petition to President Ram Nath Kovind, his lawyer A.P. Singh told IANS on Wednesday.

Tihar Jail authorities have already started preparations to hang the four convicts facing death row for their involvement in the horrific incident of December 16, 2012 -- wherein a 23-year-old para-medical student was gang-raped in a moving bus.

With the February 1 deadline for hanging nearing, the convicts are taking all possible steps to delay the executions by using all the legal options available to them.

For the last 15 days, some of the accused are visiting courts to use their legal rights. However, they have not got any favourable response from any court so far.

On Wednesday, Vinay, one of the four convicts currently lodged in Tihar Jail, sent a mercy petition to the President, hoping to get some relief.

Now, he is waiting for the President's response.
  

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  • Flavian, Mangaluru/Kuwait

    Thu, Jan 30 2020

    Look at this convict, he looks so fit as if he was well fed in the prison.
    Our law system needs to be amended drastically especially in rape & murder cases.

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  • Krishna, Udupi

    Thu, Jan 30 2020

    if am not wrong earlier they send mercy petition to president and it was rejected, how many times they want him to rejection? after rejection again they will cry 14 days........

    when they raped and killed NIRBHAYA they didnt think any thing about mercy and now all drama doing?

    what ever the result on feb 1st they must be hanged and there should be strict law for stop all this drama,.

    there should be certain days to apply any petition before court or president and after that once date fixed to hang must be done with out fail

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  • Simon Francis Le, Sastan

    Thu, Jan 30 2020

    No mercy & Just hang them as per the date ( February 01, 2020) and no more extension. Lawyers are extracting amount just to delay

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  • Ahmed K. C., Mangalore

    Thu, Jan 30 2020

    Did he show any mercy towards Nirbhaya when they gang raped and murdered her ???????

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  • Rao, Udupi

    Thu, Jan 30 2020

    Why each convict is taking his own sweet time to file mercy petition and other pleas? They do not do together but instead do one by one to buy time.

    This is nothing but delay tactics to avoid gallows.

    Court should put some time stipulations to file all these petitions.

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