Nirbhaya’s parents move SC to take part in review plea filed by one of the killers
New Delhi, Dec 13: Nirbhaya's parents have moved the Supreme Court seeking to be allowed to take part in the review petition filed by one of the four convicts in the state.
The parents want to take part in the review plea that was filed by Akshay Kumar Singh against his death penalty.
The Supreme Court on Thursday said it would hear a review petition by Nirbhaya case convict Akshay Singh Thakur on December 17, amid mounting speculation that the four men convicted in the rape-and-murder case may be executed soon.
Nirbhaya convicts petition to be heard by Supreme Court on Tuesday
Akshay Singh Thakur, who had not filed the review plea earlier with the other three convicts, had moved the apex court with the petition on Wednesday. One of the four condemned men in the case, he moved the Supreme Court on Tuesday for a review of its 2017 judgment, saying "executions only kill criminals, not the crime."
The Tihar Jail in Delhi has asked Uttar Pradesh to provide two hangmen on short notice, amid reports that four men convicted in the Nirbhaya rape-and-murder case may be executed soon.
Uttar Pradesh's Additional Director General (Prisons) Anand Kumar told reporters on Thursday that the department is ready to provide the hangmen. "There are no hangmen with the Tihar Jail administration for those who were awarded capital punishment and are not left with any constitutional and legal remedy," Kumar said.
"As they were aware that we have two hangmen in UP, they asked us to provide them whenever needed on short notice," the ADG (Prisons) added.
What a hangman must know and what it takes to be one
The prisons department had received a request in this regard from the Tihar administration through fax on December 9.
The letter, however, makes no mention of the convicts to be hanged but states there may be requirements.
The letter, according to sources, mentioned that some convicts in the jail were awarded capital punishment and their legal and constitutional remedies had been exhausted.
The four convicts in the Nirbhaya case -- Pawan Gupta, Akshay Thakur, Mukesh Singh and Vinay Sharma -- are on death row for two years.
The
UP
prison
administration
has
two
hangmen
on
its
rolls,
one
in
Lucknow
and
another
in
Meerut.
Six
people
were
convicted
for
brutally
raping
and
murdering
a
23-year-old
paramedical
student
in
a
moving
bus
while
she
was
on
her
way
back
home
on
December
16,
2012.
She died from her injuries but the brutal gang rape sparked a nationwide fury that led to new legislation to deal with such heinous crimes.
Of the six people convicted in the case, one was a minor, who was sent to a rehabilitation centre, and another, Ram Singh, committed suicide in the Tihar Jail.