Jubilee Post News & Views
New Delhi: Delhi high court on Tuesday issued death warrant to all four convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape case and murder case that shook the whole country.
The court today accepted the plea seeking issuance of ‘black warrant’ against the four convicts.
The court has given a ‘black warrant’ to confirming the death penalty of the convicts on January 22 at 7 am.
However, the four convicts can still file pleas against the death warrant as they still have a legal option left. They can file a curative plea in the Supreme Court as a mercy plea before the President.
AP Singh, lawyer for the Nirbhaya case convicts have said to appeal for a curative plea. ‘We will file curative petition in SC within a day or two. 5 senior most judges of the SC will hear it. There has been pressure of media, public and political pressure in this case since beginning. Unbiased probe could not take place in this case.’
On the convict, Akshay Kumar has already filed a review petition in the 2017 judgment of the SC, which the court dismissed on Wednesday.
Mother of Nirbhaya, Asha Devi expressing her joy said the decision will strengthen the trust of people in the judicial system. “My daughter has got justice. Execution of the four convicts will empower the women of the country. This decision will strengthen the trust of people in the judicial system.” Her father Badrinath Singh also expressed his happiness, ” I am happy with the court’s decision. The convicts will be hanged at 7 am on 22nd January; This decision will instil fear in people who commit such crimes.”
On the night of December 16, 2012, the 23-year-old medical student was brutally gang raped on a moving bus while she was returning home along with a male friend. She was tortured with an iron rod and dumped by the roadside by six men. She later died in a hospital in Singapore where was being treated.
