December 16 gangrape case: Fresh petitions in courts two days ahead of execution

During the hearing, the convict’s lawyer ML Sharma claimed that Mukesh was arrested in Rajasthan’s Karoli and it was impossible for him to commit the crime in Delhi.

Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Dharmender Rana said the convict’s plea regarding the irregularity in his arrest has already been dealt with by the Delhi High Court and Supreme Court and, therefore, “it is not legally permissible to re-entertain such a plea”.

The four convicts — Mukesh Singh, Akshay Singh Thakur, Pawan Gupta, and Vinay Sharma — are scheduled to be hanged at 5.30 am on March 20. The execution of their death warrants has been deferred thrice so far due to delays caused by the convicts trying to exhaust all legal remedies available to them.

Convicts seek quashing of death penalty, court issues notice to Tihar

Meanwhile, in subsequent development, the counsel for the four death row convicts moved a trial court, seeking quashing of their death penalty, saying the second mercy plea of one of them was still pending.

Additional Sessions Judge Dharmendra Rana issued notices to the Tihar jail authorities and the police on the plea and said he will hear it tomorrow. Convict Akshay Singh had on Tuesday filed a second mercy petition before President Ram Nath Kovind.

On the same day, another convict, Pawan Gupta had also moved the Supreme Court with a curative petition against the dismissal of his review plea rejecting his juvenility claim.

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