New Delhi: Death row convict Shabnam, who was awarded the death sentence for killing seven members of her family in April 2008, has filed a fresh mercy petition to Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel and President of India Ram Nath Kovind.
Shabnam along with her lover Saleem was convicted of killing seven members of her family in 2008 –– father Shaukat Ali (55), mother Hashmi (50), elder brother Anees (35), Anees’s wife Anjum (25), younger brother Rashid (22), cousin Rabia (14), and Arsh, Anees’s 10-month-old son.
Convict Shabnam has also approached UP Governor earlier for pardon, but Patel had rejected her plea. Article 161 of the Constitution of India empowers the Governors of States to grant pardon to the convict who has committed an offence against state law.
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According to Rampur Jail Superintendent, lawyers of the convict met her on Thursday.
Earlier, her 12-year-old son Mohammed Taj had appealed to the President to forgive and pardon his mother.
Shabnam and her lover Saleem had been convicted of killing seven members of her family after sedating them in April 2008. The death warrant, about date and time of hanging, has not been issued by Amroha court yet.
