New Delhi (NVI): A Delhi court today issued fresh death warrants and a new date to hang the four convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case. The convicts will be hanged on March 20 at 5:30 am in Tihar Jail now, the court said.
This comes after President Ram Nath Kovind rejection the mercy petition by Pawan Gupta — one of the convicts in the Nirbhaya case.
Earlier on March 4, a plea was moved in a Delhi court, seeking fresh death warrant for the execution of the four convicts, contending that the convicts have exhausted all the legal remedies.
Pawan Gupta and the three other convicts– Vinay Sharma, Akshay Kumar and Mukesh Singh – are scheduled to be hanged.
Nirbhaya, a 23-year-old girl, was brutally raped and murdered on the night of December 16, 2012 in a south Delhi area.
