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Nirbhaya Case Updates: Convicts Hanged to Death, Bodies to be Handed Over to Families After Postmortem

In later night hearing on Friday,  a special three-judge bench of the Supreme Court dismissed the plea of Pawan Kumar Gupta, challenging the rejection of mercy plea by the President.

Published date india.com Updated: March 20, 2020 10:03 AM IST
Nirbhaya Case Updates: Convicts Hanged to Death, Bodies to be Handed Over to Families After Postmortem

Nirbhaya Case: The four men convicted in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case were hanged to death at Delhi Tihar Jail at 5.30 AM on Friday.

In later night hearing on Friday,  a special three-judge bench of the Supreme Court dismissed the plea of Pawan Kumar Gupta, challenging the rejection of mercy plea by the President.

Hearing the plea in the wee hours of Friday, the bench headed by Justice R Banumathi and comprising Justice Ashok Bhushan and Justice A S Bopanna said the apex court didn’t find “any ground to entertain the petition”.

“The plea…dismissed,” the bench had stated.

Live Updates

  • Mar 20, 2020 9:42 AM IST

    Nirbhaya Case: The post-mortem report of judicial handing is different from normal handing. Autopsy likely to completed by 12:30pm: Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital source to ANI

  • Mar 20, 2020 8:45 AM IST
    Nirbhaya Case: Asha Devi Devi mother of Nirbhya goes down in history as an Unstoppable Mother who fought for ultimate justice for her daughter. Her struggle fully exposed the irony of brutal and merciless criminals who pray for mercy to live for themselves, tweets Kiran Bedi
  • Mar 20, 2020 8:37 AM IST

    Nirbhaya Case: It took 7 yrs for justice to be delivered. Today, we’ve to take a pledge that a similar incident does not happen again. We’ve seen how the convicts manipulated the law until recently.There are a lot of loopholes in our system, we need to improve the system, says Delhi CM Kejriwal

  • Mar 20, 2020 8:37 AM IST

    Nirbhaya Case: It took 7 yrs for justice to be delivered. Today, we’ve to take a pledge that a similar incident does not happen again. We’ve seen how the convicts manipulated the law until recently.There are a lot of loopholes in our system, we need to improve the system, says Delhi CM Kejriwal

  • Mar 20, 2020 8:37 AM IST

    Nirbhaya Case: Ambulance carrying bodies of 2012 Delhi gangrape case convicts leave from Tihar Jail complex for Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital

  • Mar 20, 2020 8:37 AM IST

    Nirbhaya Case: Ambulance carrying bodies of 2012 Delhi gangrape case convicts leave from Tihar Jail complex for Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital

  • Mar 20, 2020 8:19 AM IST

    Nirbhaya Case: The bodies of all four 2012 Delhi gangrape case convicts will be handed over to their families after postmortem, says Tihar Jail DG

  • Mar 20, 2020 8:07 AM IST
    Nirbhaya Case: Villagers in Uttar Pradesh’s Ballia celebrate after 2012 Delhi gangrape convicts were hanged at Delhi’s Tihar Jail early morning today.
  • Mar 20, 2020 7:33 AM IST

    Nirbhaya Case: Badrinath Singh, father of 2012 Delhi gang-rape victim shows victory sign, says, “Today is our victory and it happened because of media, society & Delhi police. You can understand what is inside my heart by my smile”.

  • Mar 20, 2020 7:33 AM IST

    Nirbhaya Case: Badrinath Singh, father of 2012 Delhi gang-rape victim shows victory sign, says, “Today is our victory and it happened because of media, society & Delhi police. You can understand what is inside my heart by my smile”.

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