Akshay Thakur, 1 of the death row convicts in the Nirbhaya Gangrape & Murder Case, on Saturday moved “complete” mercy plea, alleging that the plea filed by him earlier, & which was dismissed by President Ram Nath Kovind, was “incomplete”.
Lawyer AP Singh, the convicts’ Advocate, today informed a Delhi Court that the plea moved earlier didn’t have “complete facts”.
He said that the mercy plea has reached the President’s Secretariat today.
Singh had earlier this month said that the President of India had carried out a “complete miscarriage of justice” by rejecting the “incomplete mercy petition” of convict Akshay Thakur.
Lawyer AP Singh told reporters that “Today, through media reports, I heard that the mercy petition on behalf of Akshay Thakur was rejected by President of India. In this regard, I want to clarify that on January 31, 2020, an incomplete mercy petition was filed before the President by the family of Akshay”.
On Feb 5, President Ram Nath Kovind rejected the mercy plea of convict Akshay Thakur. So far, mercy pleas of Vinay Sharma & Mukesh Singh have also been rejected.
Meanwhile, another convict in the matter, Pawan Gupta, has filed a curative plea before the Top Court seeking commutation of his death sentence to life imprisonment.
This comes as a fresh death warrant has been issued for the convicts — Vinay Sharma, Akshay Thakur, Pawan Gupta & Mukesh Singh — for their hanging at 6 am on March 3.
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