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Nirbhaya Case: SC dismisses curative petitions of two convicts
The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the curative petitions of two convicts - Vinay Kumar Sharma and Mukesh Singh in 2012 Delhi gang rape case.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the curative petitions of two convicts - Vinay Kumar Sharma and Mukesh Singh in 2012 Delhi gang rape case.
A five-judge Bench of Justices N V Ramana, Arun Mishra, R F Nariman, R Banumathi and Ashok Bhushan has heard the petition filed by Vinay Sharma and Mukesh.
The duo had moved a curative petition in the top court after a Delhi court issued a death warrant in their name and announced January 22 as the date of their execution.
2012 Delhi gang rape case: Supreme Court dismisses curative petitions of two convicts - Vinay Kumar Sharma and Mukesh Singh. pic.twitter.com/9Nsh1AZMaU
— ANI (@ANI) January 14, 2020
Besides them, two other convicts named Pawan and Akshay are also slated to be executed on the same day at 7 am in Delhi's Tihar Jail premises.
They were convicted and sentenced to death for raping a 23-year-old woman on a moving bus in the national capital on the night of December 16, 2012.
The victim, who was later given the name Nirbhaya, died at a hospital in Singapore where she had been airlifted for medical treatment.
A curative petition is the last judicial resort available for redressal of grievances. (PTI)