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India.com News Desk January 31, 2020 12:21 PM IST
Amid uncertainty over the date of the execution of the four convicts of Nirbhaya gangrape, Pawan Jallad, the third-generation hangman from the Meerut Prison, has arrived in Tihar Jail on Thursday, two days ahead of the scheduled execution on February 1.
India.com News Desk January 31, 2020 10:01 AM IST
According to reports, he will be staying on the jail premises and check the strength of the rope and other related things on Friday.
India.com News Desk January 30, 2020 12:14 PM IST
With Vinay mercy petition pending in front of the President, the scheduled hanging of the four Mukesh, Akshay, Vinay, Pawan on February 1 seems uncertain.
India.com News Desk January 30, 2020 2:07 PM IST
In a previous development, the lawyer of the convicts had moved a Delhi court seeking a stay on the February 1 execution.
India.com News Desk January 30, 2020 10:46 AM IST
After meeting his parents, Vinay wants to live as his parents reportedly told him that they were alive only because of him.
India.com News Desk January 30, 2020 8:02 AM IST
Notably, Thakur is the third convict to file the curative petition in the apex court after their mercy pleas were rejected by President Ram Nath Kovind.
India.com News Desk January 29, 2020 7:32 PM IST
Earlier in the day, the apex court had dismissed the plea of Mukesh Singh who had challenged the rejection of his mercy petition by President Ram Nath Kovind.
India.com News Desk January 27, 2020 11:15 AM IST
"If somebody is going to be executed on February 1, it is top priority," said Chief Justice of India, SA Bobde, asking the convict's counsel to approach the court registry.
India.com News Desk January 25, 2020 1:53 PM IST
Further, lawyer AP Singh, representing the convicts, told the court that Vinay Sharma is being slow-poisoned and was also hospitalised on account of that
India.com News Desk January 24, 2020 1:54 AM IST
The remarks came against the backdrop of the four death row convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape-murder case filing one petition after another.
India.com News Desk January 19, 2020 9:31 PM IST
Further, Tiwari went on to condemn the suggestion made by senior lawyer Indira Jaising to pardon the Nirbhaya convicts, and questioned her links with the Arvind Kejriwal government.
India.com News Desk January 18, 2020 6:22 AM IST
Reports said Vinay has become restless, aggressive and has been refusing food. There have been rumours of Vinay attempting suicide, but jail authorities didn't confirm.
India.com News Desk January 17, 2020 11:28 PM IST
The new death warrants are dated to exactly 14 days from today, in accordance with a law that states convicts to be executed must have a reprieve from the time their mercy plea is turned down.
India.com News Desk January 17, 2020 8:01 PM IST
"Everyone wants that the convicts should be punished soon. This is not the time to do politics. Both Centre and state govt should try to make sure that all processes are completed and the convicts are hanged at the earliest," Kejriwal said.
India.com News Desk January 17, 2020 1:32 PM IST
"What do we have in our hand? Neither we have the police, nor the law and order in our hand. The government had nothing to do in this case apart from passing files," the CM said.
India.com News Desk January 17, 2020 12:18 PM IST
On Thursday, the Delhi government rejected the plea and forwarded it to the MHA. According to reports, MHA forwarded it to President on Thursday night.
India.com News Desk January 17, 2020 10:48 AM IST
"I never talk about politics," Asha Devi said, adding, "But now I want to tell that the same people who took out rallies in 2012 are now playing politics for their own benefits."
India.com News Desk January 16, 2020 2:09 PM IST
Why did the Delhi government not give notice to the convicts for filing mercy plea in the last two-and-a-half years? Union minister Prakash Javadekar has asked.
India.com News Desk January 15, 2020 2:02 PM IST
As Delhi HC is hearing Mukesh's mercy plea, the Tihar Jail authorities said it's not possible to execute them on January 22 as it can take place 14 days after a mercy plea is rejected.
India.com News Desk January 15, 2020 8:55 AM IST
According to reports, the convicts will be allowed to talk to their family members for a comparatively longer time as they would have to prepare a will in the presence of the jail superintendent. Their money, earned from prison work, will also be handed over to their family members.
India.com News Desk January 9, 2020 11:57 AM IST
This comes two days after a Delhi court issued a death warrant against all the four convicts, and said they will be executed on January 22 at 7 am at Delhi's Tihar jail.
India.com News Desk January 8, 2020 1:27 PM IST
The dummy execution will be conducted in Jail 3, the place where the Nirbhaya convicts will be executed on January 22.
India.com News Desk December 19, 2019 11:49 AM IST
This comes just a day after a Supreme Court bench ruled that Akshay Kumar, another convict who had filed a review petition, can file a mercy petition. Soon after this order, another Delhi court said that death warrants against the four convicts can't be issued immediately as there are chances that Akshay Kumar would file a mercy petition. These unexpected developments stymied the progress of the case and soon after this Pawan Kumar Gupta approached the Delhi High Court.
India.com News Desk December 18, 2019 4:07 PM IST
The trial court set a deadline of one week for the convicts to file mercy plea, and directed Delhi's Tihar Jail authorities to issue a notice to all four and apprise them of their legal remedies.
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