Nirbhaya Case: President Rejects Mercy Petition Of Convict Vinay Sharma

President of India Ramnath Kovind has rejected the mercy petition filed by death-row convict in the Nirbhaya case Vinay Sharma, reports PTI.

A 5-judge bench of the Supreme Court on January-14 dismissed the curative petitions of Vinay Sharma and Mukesh, two of the four convicts awaiting execution of death penalty in the Nirbhaya gang rape-murder case.

On January-17 President Ram Nath Kovind rejected the mercy petition of Mukesh Kumar.

Additional Sessions Judge Dharmender Rana at Patiala House Court on Friday stayed the execution of their death penalties scheduled on February 1 at 6 AM.

The President's rejection is subject to judicial review as per the SC decision in Epuru Sudhakar & Anr. v. Govt. of A.P. & Ors.

The death penalty was upheld by the Supreme Court on May 5, 2017.

On December 16-17 night, 2012, a paramedical student was gang-raped in a moving bus by five men and a juvenile. Few days after, the victim had succumbed to the brutal injury caused to her by them.

Prime accused Ram Singh had committed suicide in the Tihar jail in March 2013