Will file curative plea in SC: Nirbhaya convicts' lawyer

January 07, 2020 19:22

After a Delhi court issued death warrant against all four convicts in 2012 Nirbhaya Delhi gang-rape case, the convicts' lawyer AP Singh on Tuesday said that he will file a curative petition in the Supreme Court seeking a stay on the same.

"We will file a curative petition in the Supreme Court within two days. Five senior-most judges of the Supreme Court will hear it. There has been media, public and political pressure since the beginning, which is why an unbiased probe did not take place in this case," Singh told ANI.

He said that the curative petition will be filed on behalf of all four convicts, namely Akshay, Vinay, Pawan and Mukesh.

"The court has given us the time to file a curative petition. We will file the application seeking a stay on the death warrant and I am hopeful that the court will hear it," Singh said.

"Death sentence is for the poor of this country. No rich has ever been hanged," he added.

A Delhi court today said that all four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya case will be hanged at 7 am on January 22. -- ANI

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