Nirbhaya case: with President rejecting final mercy plea, Tihar to seek new date of hanging
All legal options for the four convicts have now been exhausted.
All legal options for the four convicts have now been exhausted.
It's not clear if the execution will take place on Tuesday.
The time leading to the actual hanging is horrific and disturbing, recalls Sunil Gupta, former Tihar Jail legal advisor.
Execution to be postponed?
A Delhi court on Saturday dismissed Vinay Sharma’s plea for treatment for mental illness.
Four convicts including Vinay Sharma are to be hanged on March 3.
They had been asked to exhaust all legal remedies within a week.
Two execution dates have been deferred in a month for the four on death row.
The law student had also alleged that Chinmayanand had taken videos of her which he had threatened to leak.
A 14-day gap is mandatory from the date of mercy petition rejection and execution.