Nirbhaya case: 7 days to the guilty, know what option is still left

New delhi date. 05 February 2020, Wednesday

The Delhi High Court has rejected the plea of ​​the central government and Delhi Police to hang the guilty of Nirbhaya scandal at the earliest.

The court had said that all of them would be hanged at the same time. In addition, the court ordered all the accused to use the legal options available to them within a week.

Nirbhaya convicts now have this option left

Akshay Thakur

After filing his review petition in 2019, he filed a curative petition on January 28, 2020. He has not yet applied for mercy before the President. This option is pending.

Wind Gupta

The wind review petition was rejected in July 2018. Since he has not yet filed a curative petition, he has this option

Vinay Sharma

His review petition was rejected in July 2018. The curative petition was rejected by the Supreme Court in January 2020. However, it has the option of applying for mercy.

Under the jail law, after the mercy petition has been rejected, the convict is given 14 days before execution. If more than one convict is sentenced to death in one case, all are executed simultaneously.

Mukesh Singh

All the options of guilty Mukesh Singh have been exhausted. He also filed a petition in the Supreme Court against the mercy petition but was rejected as well.