Court rejects plea for stay, Nirbhaya convicts to hang on Friday
Thursday - March 19, 2020 4:31 pm ,
Category : INDIA
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) A Delhi court on Thursday turned down another manoeuvre adopted by the convicts in Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case and dismissed an application seeking a stay on their execution on the grounds of pending legal remedies.The four convicts -- Vinay, Mukesh, Akshay, and Pawan -- will now be hanged by the noose on Friday, March 20 at 5:30 a.m. for brutally raping and murdering a 23-year-old physiotherapy student, later dubbed as 'Nirbhaya', on December 16, 2012.The death-row convicts, represented by advocate A.P. Singh, had knocked on the doors of the trial court two days before the execution seeking a stay on their hanging.
--IANS aka/kr
--IANS aka/kr