2012 Delhi gangrape case: Delhi court reserves order on convict Pawan Gupta's petition seeking stay on execution
FirstpostThe four convicts in the 2012 Delhi gang-rape and murder case —Vinay Sharma, Akshay Singh Thakur, Pawan Gupta and Mukesh Singh — are scheduled to be hanged at 6 am on 3 March New Delhi: A Delhi court on Monday reserved its order on a petition filed by Pawan Gupta, a death row convict in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case, seeking a stay on the execution as his mercy petition is pending before President Ram Nath Kovind. The four convicts in the 2012 Delhi gang-rape and murder case —Vinay Sharma, Akshay Singh Thakur, Pawan Gupta and Mukesh Singh — are scheduled to be hanged at 6 am on 3 March. During the hearing, advocate AP Singh said that he filed the mercy petition before the president on behalf of convict Pawan Gupta as soon as he received the information that the convict’s curative petition was dismissed by the Supreme Court earlier today. Earlier today, the court dismissed an application seeking a stay on the execution of the death warrant but slated to hear a petition afresh after advocate AP Singh informed the court that the mercy petition of convict Pawan Gupta was filed before the President.