Nirbhaya: Tihar asks hangman to report three days ahead of convicts’ execution
4 years, 10 months ago

Nirbhaya: Tihar asks hangman to report three days ahead of convicts’ execution

Live Mint  

New Delhi: With just five days left for the execution of death sentence in the sensational 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case, the Tihar Jail authorities on Sunday said they have asked the hangman to report three days ahead of the scheduled hanging. After the fresh death warrant was issued, the Tihar Jail authorities wrote to their counterparts in Uttar Pradesh requesting for the service of hangman Pawan Jallad, a senior jail official said. "Pawan Jallad, a hangman from Meerut, has been asked to report at Tihar Jail on March 17, three days ahead of the scheduled date of hanging," said Sandeep Goel, DG. Ram Singh, the sixth accused, allegedly committed suicide in Tihar Jail days after the trial began in the case.

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Executioner who hanged some of Bangladesh’s most notorious serial killers – and politicians – dies
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Executioner who hanged some of Bangladesh’s most notorious serial killers – and politicians – dies

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Bangladesh's deadliest executioner, who hanged …

As Ashok Gehlot Nirbhaya case remark sparks outrage, aide cites ‘data’
2 years, 5 months ago

As Ashok Gehlot Nirbhaya case remark sparks outrage, aide cites ‘data’

Hindustan Times  

After Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot’s remark on death penalties and rape cases - while speaking of the December 16, 2012 gangrape case - drew huge criticism, his aide on Sunday shared data to back up the statement. Alleging that Gehlot’s comment was “distorted” by the “BJP IT cell”, Shashikant Sharma, OSD to the chief minister, cited a report to …

Nirbhaya convicts to Ajmal Kasab: This is what their last wish was before they were hanged
4 years, 9 months ago

Nirbhaya convicts to Ajmal Kasab: This is what their last wish was before they were hanged

New Indian Express  

CONVICT NAME: Akshay Thakur, Vinay Sharma, Pawan Gupta and Mukesh Singh | CRIME: Rape and Murder of 23-year-old medical student | LAST WISH/LAST MOMENTS: On the day of the hanging all the convicts were already awake as the 'fear to be hanged' did not allow them to sleep. When the jail authorities asked them to finish their routine work and …

'Justice finally granted': 2012 Delhi gangrape victim's parents hail hanging of four convicts, say historic day for all women
4 years, 9 months ago

'Justice finally granted': 2012 Delhi gangrape victim's parents hail hanging of four convicts, say historic day for all women

Firstpost  

The victim’s father, Badrinath Singh hailed the hanging saying that their daughter had finally got the justice, seven years after she was brutalised in a moving bus in Delhi. After the hanging of the four death row convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case on Friday, the victim’s mother Asha Devi dedicated the day to the daughters of …

All 4 Nirbhaya convicts hanged in Delhi’s Tihar Jail
4 years, 9 months ago

All 4 Nirbhaya convicts hanged in Delhi’s Tihar Jail

Live Mint  

The four men convicted of the gang rape and murder of a Delhi woman on December 16, 2012 were hanged in the darkness of pre-dawn on Friday, ending a horrific chapter in India's long history of sexual assault that had seared the nation's soul. Mukesh Singh, Pawan Gupta, Vinay Sharma and Akshay Kumar Singh were executed at 5.30 am for …

Four Nirbhaya case convicts hanged to death in Tihar jail
4 years, 9 months ago

Four Nirbhaya case convicts hanged to death in Tihar jail

The Hindu  

Pawan Gupta, Vinay Sharma, Akshay Kumar, and Mukesh Kumar convicted for Nirbhaya’s gangrape and murder, were hanged to death in Delhi’s Tihar jail early on Friday morning. String of death warrants Having exhausted all their legal remedies, the four convicts went on pleading spree after the first death warrant was issued against them for January 22 at 7am inside Tihar …

Four Convicts Hanged To Death At Tihar Jail In Nirbhaya Case After Late Night Legal Battles [Read Timeline]
4 years, 9 months ago

Four Convicts Hanged To Death At Tihar Jail In Nirbhaya Case After Late Night Legal Battles [Read Timeline]

Live Law  

The execution of four convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case - Mukesh Singh, Akshay Kumar Singh, Vinay Sharma and Pawan Kumar Gupta - was carried out at Tihar Jail, Delhi on Friday morning at 5. 30 AM.Though the convicts made late night attempts to stall the execution by filing a revision petition in the Delhi HC and …

Nirbhaya case: From December 16, 2012 to March 20, 2020 | A timeline
4 years, 9 months ago

Nirbhaya case: From December 16, 2012 to March 20, 2020 | A timeline

India Today  

The death sentences handed out to four men, namely Akshay Thakur, Mukesh Singh, Vinay Sharma, and Pawan Gupta were executed at 5:30 am on Friday morning at Delhi's Tihar jail. All of these four men, along with two others, were convicted for the brutal gang-rape of a 23-year-old medical student on a moving bus on the night of December 16, …

Nirbhaya convicts hanged: How the executions took place
4 years, 9 months ago

Nirbhaya convicts hanged: How the executions took place

India Today  

Delhi's Tihar jail has gone into lockdown mode ahead of the execution of the death sentences of four men convicted for the brutal gang-rape and murder of a 23-year-old medical student in 2012. 5:20 am -> With a cotton cloth on their faces and their hands tied behind their backs, the four men were marched to the area in the …

Nirbhaya case: Delhi High Court declines to stay execution of convicts
4 years, 9 months ago

Nirbhaya case: Delhi High Court declines to stay execution of convicts

Live Mint  

The four death-row convicts in the Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case are set to be hanged early Friday morning with the Delhi High Court clearing the decks for their execution by dismissing their plea seeking a stay on it. While dismissing the plea, the bench said pending petitions of the convicts in various fora is untenable in law as a …

Tihar gets ready to execute Nirbhaya case convicts
4 years, 9 months ago

Tihar gets ready to execute Nirbhaya case convicts

India Today  

Seven years after the execution of Afzal Guru, Tihar Jail on Thursday prepared the ground to hang the four men convicted in the Nirbhaya gangrape-murder case after several dummy runs and officials brushing up on details specified in the jail manual. The execution, specifies the Delhi Prison Rules 2018, will take place in the presence of the superintendent, deputy superintendent, …

How a hanging takes place at an Indian jail
4 years, 9 months ago

How a hanging takes place at an Indian jail

India Today  

Four men convicted of the brutal gang-rape of a 23-year-old medical student in 2012 were hanged at 5:30 am on Friday morning as per the most recent death 'black' warrant issued in their name. Akshay Thakur, Mukesh Singh, Vinay Sharma, and Pawan Gupta have been on death row since 2013 when a fast track court sentenced them to death, holding …

Nirbhaya rapists to hang at 5.30 am tomorrow, plea for stay dismissed
4 years, 9 months ago

Nirbhaya rapists to hang at 5.30 am tomorrow, plea for stay dismissed

India Today  

A Delhi court today dismissed a plea seeking a stay on the execution of Nirbhaya's rapists, and they will all be hanged tomorrow at 5.30 am. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court has dismissed a plea from one of the convicts, Akshay Kumar Singh, challenging the rejection of his second mercy petition by the President of India. The top court has also …

2012 Delhi gangrape: All legal routes closed, four convicts set to hang at 5.30 am today
4 years, 9 months ago

2012 Delhi gangrape: All legal routes closed, four convicts set to hang at 5.30 am today

Firstpost  

All legal routes to escape the noose closed on Thursday for the four men convicted in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case who are now hours away from being hanged, seven years-three months after brutalising a young woman in a Delhi bus with a barbarity that shook the nation New Delhi: All legal routes to escape the noose closed …

Nirbhaya case: Hangman Pawan Jallad performs dummy execution of convicts at Tihar jail
4 years, 9 months ago

Nirbhaya case: Hangman Pawan Jallad performs dummy execution of convicts at Tihar jail

India TV News  

Hangman Pawan Jallad on Wednesday performed the dummy execution of the four death row convicts in the 2012 Delhi gang-rape case today. Pawan Kumar Gupta, one of the four convicts, on Tuesday filed another curative petition before the Supreme Court, claiming that at the time of committing the offence, he was a minor and thereby, his death sentence should be …

Nirbhaya rape & murder convicts approach NHRC to stay the execution
4 years, 9 months ago

Nirbhaya rape & murder convicts approach NHRC to stay the execution

Op India  

The lawyer of rape and murder convicts in the Nirbhaya case, AP Singh said on Tuesday said that he has approached the National Human Rights Commission for seeking a stay on the execution of four convicts. The basis for the appeal is that Ram Singh, who is believed to have committed suicide in Tihar jail, has a 70-year old mother …

Nirbhaya case: Tihar asks hangman to report 3 days ahead of execution
4 years, 10 months ago

Nirbhaya case: Tihar asks hangman to report 3 days ahead of execution

India Today  

The Tihar Jail authorities said on Sunday that they had asked the hangman to report three days ahead of the scheduled hanging of the Nirbhaya case convicts this week. After the fresh death warrant was issued, the Tihar Jail authorities wrote to their counterparts in Uttar Pradesh, requesting for the service of hangman Pawan Jallad, a jail official said. "Pawan …

Nirbhaya case convicts to be hanged on March 20
4 years, 10 months ago

Nirbhaya case convicts to be hanged on March 20

Op India  

A Delhi court on Thursday issued a fresh death warrant to all four convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case. They are to be hanged at 5.30 am on March 20, 2020 pic.twitter.com/MAOx5rVVGw — ANI March 5, 2020 Reportedly, the order by a Delhi court comes after President Ram Nath Kovind had rejected the mercy petition of Pawan …

2012 Delhi gang rape case: Tihar jail authorities move court seeking fresh date for hanging; matter to be heard at 2 pm
4 years, 10 months ago

2012 Delhi gang rape case: Tihar jail authorities move court seeking fresh date for hanging; matter to be heard at 2 pm

Firstpost  

Tihar Jail authorities on Wednesday moved a city court seeking a fresh date for the execution of four convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape case. Shortly after President Ram Nath Kovind rejected the mercy petition of Pawan Kumar Gupt a, one of the four death row convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case, Tihar Jail authorities on Wednesday …

2012 Delhi gangrape case: Convicts won't be hanged tomorrow, rules court; Pawan Gupta filed mercy petition with president
4 years, 10 months ago

2012 Delhi gangrape case: Convicts won't be hanged tomorrow, rules court; Pawan Gupta filed mercy petition with president

Firstpost  

The four convicts —Vinay Sharma, Akshay Singh Thakur, Pawan Gupta and Mukesh Singh — were scheduled to be hanged at 6 am tomorrow at Delhi’s Tihar Jail. A Delhi court on Monday stayed the execution of the four convicts in 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case until further orders in view of the mercy petition filed by Pawan Gupta before …

Nirbhaya case: We had made all preparations for hanging, says Tihar authorities
4 years, 10 months ago

Nirbhaya case: We had made all preparations for hanging, says Tihar authorities

India TV News  

Delhi's Tihar Prison authorities had made all necessary preparations for the hanging of four convicts in the Nirbhaya gangrape-and-murder case which was scheduled for Tuesday, officials said Monday. Postponing the execution, Additional Sessions Judge Dharmender Rana said the hanging cannot be carried out pending disposal of Pawan Gupta's mercy plea before the President, observing any condemned convict must not meet …

No hanging for Nirbhaya convicts on March 3, court stays execution for now
4 years, 10 months ago

No hanging for Nirbhaya convicts on March 3, court stays execution for now

India TV News  

Convicts in the Nirbhaya rape and murder case will not be hanged tomorrow. The convicts -- Mukesh Singh, Vinay Sharma, Akshay Kumar Singh, and Pawan Gupta -- were scheduled to be hanged on March 3 at 6 AM. Additional Sessions Judge Dharmender Rana said the death sentence cannot be executed pending disposal of mercy petition of convict Pawan Gupta. It …

Nirbhaya case: No execution on March 3, date postponed again
4 years, 10 months ago

Nirbhaya case: No execution on March 3, date postponed again

India Today  

A Delhi court has postponed the date of execution of four convicts of Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case. The Patiala House court was hearing the plea filed by convict Pawan Kumar Gupta seeking a stay execution as he has filed a mercy petition before the President on Monday. Earlier, the additional session judge had rapped the convict's lawyer for acting …

Delay in hanging shows failure of system, says Nirbhaya's mother
4 years, 10 months ago

Delay in hanging shows failure of system, says Nirbhaya's mother

India Today  

Delhi gangrape victim Nirbhaya's mother Asha Devi on Monday said no matter what the convicts do, they will be hanged for their crime, after a Delhi court deferred the execution of death penalty in the case till further orders. Asha Devi said she "loses hope every day" but the convicts will be hanged no matter what they do. A Delhi …

2012 Delhi gang rape and murder case: Pawan Kumar Gupta files curative plea in SC seeking commutation of death penalty to life imprisonment
4 years, 10 months ago

2012 Delhi gang rape and murder case: Pawan Kumar Gupta files curative plea in SC seeking commutation of death penalty to life imprisonment

Firstpost  

New Delhi: One of the four death row convicts, Pawan Kumar Gupta, in the 2012 Delhi gang rape and murder case moved a curative plea in the Supreme Court on Friday seeking commutation of his death penalty to life imprisonment. Reuters Gupta, against whom the death warrant has been issued for execution along with three other condemned prisoners on 3 …

Nirbhaya Case: Plea For Separate Executions Of Death Row Convicts Deferred To 5th March
4 years, 10 months ago

Nirbhaya Case: Plea For Separate Executions Of Death Row Convicts Deferred To 5th March

Live Law  

A Bench comprising Justices R. Banumathi, Ashok Bhushan & Navin Sinha, has deferred the Union's plea seeking separate execution of death row convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya Gang Rape Case to 5th March 2020. The Ministry of Home Affairs had sought directions to execute the death row convicts separately after the Delhi High Court on 5th February 2020 had rejected …

2012 Delhi gangrape: Vinay Sharma, one of four death row convicts, bangs head against wall in Tihar jail, sustains injury
4 years, 10 months ago

2012 Delhi gangrape: Vinay Sharma, one of four death row convicts, bangs head against wall in Tihar jail, sustains injury

Firstpost  

A Delhi court on Monday ordered that the four convicts – Mukesh Kumar Singh, Pawan Gupta, Vinay Kumar Sharma and Akshay Kumar in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case be hanged on at 6 am on 3 March. New Delhi: One of the four death-row convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case, Vinay Sharma, injured himself by …

Nirbhaya gang-rape convict Vinay Sharma hurts himself in Tihar jail cell
4 years, 10 months ago

Nirbhaya gang-rape convict Vinay Sharma hurts himself in Tihar jail cell

India TV News  

One of the death row convicts of 2012 Delhi gang-rape case, Vinay Sharma attempted to hurt himself by banging his head against a wall in Tihar jail cell, on February 16. Nirbhaya convicts to be hanged at 6 am The four convicts -- Vinay, Mukesh, Pawan, and Akshay -- will be executed at 6 AM in Tihar jail. The court …

Delhi court: Nirbhaya case convicts hang 6am on March 3
4 years, 10 months ago

Delhi court: Nirbhaya case convicts hang 6am on March 3

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: A Delhi court on Monday ordered that the four convicts in the Nirbhaya gangrape-murder case be hanged at 6 am on March 3 after it issued fresh death warrants, saying deferring the execution further would be “sacrilegious” to the rights of the victim. “It is hereby directed that the warrants, vide order dated January 7, 2020 in respect …

2012 Delhi gangrape case: Court issues fresh death warrant, four convicts to be hanged at 6 am on 3 March
4 years, 10 months ago

2012 Delhi gangrape case: Court issues fresh death warrant, four convicts to be hanged at 6 am on 3 March

Firstpost  

A Delhi Court on Monday issued fresh death warrants for the execution of the four convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case A Delhi court on Monday issued fresh death warrants for the execution of the four convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case. The order was issued by Additional Sessions Judge Dharmender Rana while hearing …

Nirbhaya case: SC issue notices to 4 death row convicts on Centre's appeal against HC verdict
4 years, 11 months ago

Nirbhaya case: SC issue notices to 4 death row convicts on Centre's appeal against HC verdict

India TV News  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought response from the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case on the Centre's appeal challenging the Delhi High Court verdict which dismissed its plea against stay on their execution. The trial court had on Friday dismissed the pleas of Delhi government and Tihar jail authorities seeking fresh date for …

New Delhi: Appeal for law on separate hanging
4 years, 11 months ago

New Delhi: Appeal for law on separate hanging

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Centre and Delhi government on Friday urged the Supreme Court to lay down a law to separately hang death row convicts who are convicted for the same crime so that they may not by a “calculated design” delay the execution of sentence. Taking the court through the dates of the Nirbhaya case to contend that the four …

2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case convicts will be ‘hanged soon’, Ravi Shankar Prasad tells Lok Sabha
4 years, 11 months ago

2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case convicts will be ‘hanged soon’, Ravi Shankar Prasad tells Lok Sabha

Firstpost  

Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday assured Lok Sabha that convicts in the 2012 gangrape and murder case will be hanged soon. Several members, especially women MPs across party lines, raised the issue of attacks on women in various parts of the country. New Delhi: Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday assured Lok Sabha that convicts in the …

Nirbhaya case: Centre, Delhi govt move SC challenging HC verdict on hanging of convicts
4 years, 11 months ago

Nirbhaya case: Centre, Delhi govt move SC challenging HC verdict on hanging of convicts

India TV News  

The Centre and the Delhi government moved the Supreme Court Wednesday challenging the rejection of their plea by the Delhi High Court against the trial court's order staying the execution of four death-row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case. The high court said all the four convicts in the Nirbhaya case have to be executed together, not …

2012 Delhi gangrape case: HC gives death row convicts a week to exhaust all legal remedies, pulls up authorities for delaying matters
4 years, 11 months ago

2012 Delhi gangrape case: HC gives death row convicts a week to exhaust all legal remedies, pulls up authorities for delaying matters

Firstpost  

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday gave the four convicts in the 2012 gangrape and murder case a period of one week to opt for all legal remedies available, after which the procedure of the death sentence on them will be initiated, ANI reported. The Delhi High Court on Wednesday gave the four convicts in the 2012 gangrape and murder …

Nirbhaya's parents urge HC to expeditiously decide Centre's plea against stay on convicts execution
4 years, 11 months ago

Nirbhaya's parents urge HC to expeditiously decide Centre's plea against stay on convicts execution

India Today  

Nirbhaya's parents urged the Delhi High Court on Tuesday to expeditiously decide the Centre's plea challenging stay on execution of the four convicts in the case of their daughter's gang rape and murder. Advocate Jitendra Jha, representing the parents of Nirbhaya, given name of the victim, said he mentioned the matter before the court for early disposal of the government's …

Nirbhaya's rapists can be hanged separately, Centre tells Delhi HC
4 years, 11 months ago

Nirbhaya's rapists can be hanged separately, Centre tells Delhi HC

India TV News  

Suggesting a resort to avoid further delay in the execution of 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape convicts, the Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said that the four convicts can be hanged separately as they are misusing the legal process. Delhi High Court on Sunday was hearing Centre's plea challenging the stay on the execution of four convicts of 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder …

2012 Delhi gangrape case: President Ram Nath Kovind rejects clemency petition of death row convict Vinay Kumar Sharma
4 years, 11 months ago

2012 Delhi gangrape case: President Ram Nath Kovind rejects clemency petition of death row convict Vinay Kumar Sharma

Firstpost  

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind has rejected the clemency plea of Vinay Kumar Sharma, one of the four men facing the gallows in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case, Home Ministry officials said on Saturday. The four death row convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case are scheduled to be hanged on 1 February. However, the …

Delhi court stays execution of Nirbhaya convicts
4 years, 11 months ago

Delhi court stays execution of Nirbhaya convicts

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Exactly 15 hours before they were due to be hanged, the four Nirbhaya gangrape-murder case convicts on Friday got yet another last-minute reprieve as a Delhi court deferred their execution indefinitely. In deeply distressing scenes outside the Patiala House court complex here, Nirbhaya’s mother Asha Devi broke down and cried after the execution of the four men convicted …

Lawyer of Nirbhaya case convicts say hanging will be postponed till eternity
4 years, 11 months ago

Lawyer of Nirbhaya case convicts say hanging will be postponed till eternity

Op India  

Merely 12 hours ahead of the much-awaited execution of the four convicts in 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case, the Patiala House court in Delhi on Friday once again directed the Tihar Jail authorities not to execute the four convicts until further notice. “Mujrimom ke vakeel AP Singh ne mujhe aaj anguli dikha kar challenge kiya ki ye faasi ab …

Day Before Hanging, SC Dismisses Nirbhaya Convict's Review Against Rejection Of Juvenility Claim
4 years, 11 months ago

Day Before Hanging, SC Dismisses Nirbhaya Convict's Review Against Rejection Of Juvenility Claim

Live Law  

A day ahead of his scheduled execution, the Supreme Court dismissed the review petition filed by Pawan Kumar Gupta, one of the four death-row convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case, against the order dated January 20, whereby his juvenility claim was rejected. He submitted that the school certificate came to light only after 2017, when his lawyers …

Death warrant: This is how Nirbhaya convicts will be hanged
4 years, 11 months ago

Death warrant: This is how Nirbhaya convicts will be hanged

India TV News  

Hanging of four convicts in the Nirbhaya case has yet again been postponed. Hangman Pawan Jallad had already reached the Tihar jail and several dummy executions for the convicts were performed. Authorities at the Tihar jail had faced several challenges with respect to the hanging of Nirbhaya case convicts as the jail had not executed multiple prisoners together before. They …

HC says hang all Nirbhaya convicts together: Case chronology
4 years, 11 months ago

HC says hang all Nirbhaya convicts together: Case chronology

India Today  

Following is the chronology of events in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case in which a Delhi court on Friday postponed the execution of their black warrants till further order. - Feb, 2019: Victim's parents move Delhi court for issuance of death warrants of the four convicts - Dec 10, 2019: Akshay moves plea in SC seeking review …

Convicts' lawyer mocked me, said hanging postponed till eternity: Nirbhaya's mother
4 years, 11 months ago

Convicts' lawyer mocked me, said hanging postponed till eternity: Nirbhaya's mother

India Today  

Soon after a local court in Delhi postponed the hanging of the four convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape case, Nirbhaya's mother Asha Devi broke down outside the court and said her hopes have been dashed. "Mujrimom ke vakeel AP Singh ne mujhe aaj anguli dikha kar challenge kiya ki ye faasi ab anant kaal tak tal gayi hai," Nirbhaya's …

No hanging tomorrow: Delhi court stays execution of Nirbhaya case convicts
4 years, 11 months ago

No hanging tomorrow: Delhi court stays execution of Nirbhaya case convicts

India Today  

A Delhi court on Friday approved the plea filed by death row convicts in the Nirbhaya case convicts, seeking a stay on their execution on February 1. Advocate AP Singh, representing the convicts -- Pawan Gupta, Vinay Kumar Sharma and Akshay Kumar -- has urged the court to adjourn the executions "sine die" as Vinay's mercy plea before the president …

Nirbhaya Case: Pawan Jallad arrives at Tihar before scheduled hanging of convicts
4 years, 11 months ago

Nirbhaya Case: Pawan Jallad arrives at Tihar before scheduled hanging of convicts

India TV News  

Two days ahead of Nirbhaya's gangrape convicts' scheduled execution, Pawan Jallad, the hangman from Meerut Prison, reported to Tihar Jail on Thursday. Jail officials said that Pawan Jallad will be staying at Tihar Jail to check the strength of the rope and other things on Friday. The four convicts in the gruesome gangrape-and-murder case are scheduled to be hanged on …

Nirbhaya case: Bar Council issues notice to AP Singh for not appearing before court
4 years, 11 months ago

Nirbhaya case: Bar Council issues notice to AP Singh for not appearing before court

India TV News  

Bar Council of Delhi on Saturday issued notice to AP Singh, counsel for three Nirbhaya convicts. Recently, Delhi High Court asked BCD to take action and also imposed Rs 25000 fine on Singh, who allegedly didnt appear before Court despite communication. Meanwhile, a Delhi court has issued fresh death warrants for all the four convicts in the Nirbhaya rape and …

BJP, AAP playing politics, hanging of convicts ‘deliberately’ delayed: Dec 16 gang rape victim’s kin
4 years, 11 months ago

BJP, AAP playing politics, hanging of convicts ‘deliberately’ delayed: Dec 16 gang rape victim’s kin

Hindustan Times  

Nirbhaya’s mother Asha Devi on Friday accused BJP and AAP of playing politics and alleged that the hanging of convicts of 2012 gang-rape case which was scheduled to take place on January 22, is being deliberately postponed. Later, Deputy Chief Minister and senior AAP leader Manish Sisodia hit back at BJP and said ‘Give us Delhi Police and law-and-order responsibility …

Tihar authorities shift convicts in 2012 Delhi gangrape case to jail number 3 where hanging is scheduled to take place on 22 Jan
4 years, 11 months ago

Tihar authorities shift convicts in 2012 Delhi gangrape case to jail number 3 where hanging is scheduled to take place on 22 Jan

Firstpost  

All the four death-row convicts in the 2012 gang rape and murder case were shifted on Thursday to Tihar prison complex’s jail number three where their hanging is set to take place, a jail official said. New Delhi: All the four death-row convicts in the 2012 gang rape and murder case were shifted on Thursday to Tihar prison complex’s jail …

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