Nirbhayau2019s mother Asha Devi ( centre) with her advocate at the Supreme Court on Friday. pic/ pti u2018 Sinful to execute the convictsu2019 Says Delhi court while dismissing Tihar jail authoritiesu2019 plea seeking fresh date for hanging of Nirbhayau2019s rapists New Delhi: A Delhi court Friday dismissed Tihar jail authoritiesu2019 plea seeking fresh date for execution of the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case. Additional Sessions Judge Dharmendra Rana took note of the Delhi High Courtu2019s February 5 order permitting the convicts to exercise their legal remedies within one week.
u201c It is criminally sinful to execute the convicts when law permits them to live. The HC on February 5 has permitted the convicts, in the interest of justice, to exercise their legal remedies within a week from same order,u201d the court said.
u201c I concur with counsel for convicts that death warrants cannot be executed merely on basis of surmises and conjectures.
The application is bereft of merit. Same is dismissed.
State is at liberty to move appropriate application as and when required,u201d the judge said.
Pawan Gupta, 25, has not yet filed a curative petition u2014 the last and final legal remedy available to a convict. Pawan also has the option of filing a mercy plea.
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