Convicts Akshay Thakur and Pawan Kumar Gupta on Saturday filed a plea in a Delhi court seeking a stay on the execution of their death warrants, scheduled for March 3, in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case.
Additional Session Judge Dharmender Rana issued notice to Tihar Jail authorities on the plea of Akshay Thakur , directing them to file their response by March 2.
In his plea moved through his lawyer, Akshay Thakur claimed that he has filed a fresh mercy petition before the President of India, which is pending.
Advocate AP Singh, appearing for Akshay Thakur, said that his earlier mercy petition was dismissed by the President as it did not have complete facts.
Gupta, in his plea, contended that his curative petition has been pending in the Supreme Court.
The four convicts — Singh, Gupta, Vinay Kumar Sharma and Akshay Kumar — are scheduled to be hanged at 6 AM on March 3.
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