Nirbhaya Convict’s to Hang on Jan 22

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New Delhi: A Delhi high court issued the death warrants on Tuesday for all the four convicts in the gang rape and murder of Nirbhaya in 2012. The court made justice to the family members of Nirbhaya after seven years of the murder.

The four convicts will be hanged on January 22nd at 07:00am in Delhi’s Tihar jail. Delhi courts additional sessions judge Satish Arora issued the death warrants for Mukesh (32), Pawan Gupta (25), Vinay Sharma (26) and Akshay Kumar Singh (31) at around 03:30pm.

During the in camera proceedings, he interacted with the four convicts through video conferencing from Tihar Jail and convey his decision. The court said that the convicts can use their legal remedies within 14 days. The convict’s lawyer AP singh said that they will file a curative petition in the Supreme Court.

When taken up, the convict’s pleas will be heard in person by the judges in their chamber. The convicts have been lodged in separate cells in Tihar, in solitary confinement and will be allowed one last meeting with their families.

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