Nirbhaya Case: SC dismisses Special Leave Petition of convict who claimed he was a minor in 2012
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- Published: January 20, 2020 15:35
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the Special Leave Petition (SLP) filed by convict Pawan Kumar Gupta in the 2012 Delhi gang-rape case.
The Court did not find any fresh ground in the matter. Pawan has claimed that he was a juvenile at the time of the crime, and the Delhi High Court had ignored this fact.
The three-judge bench, headed by Justice R Banumathi and also comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan and AS Bopanna, heard the matter.
AP Singh, the convict’s lawyer, stated that Pawan’s age was 17 years, 1 month and 20 days when the offence was committed, that is why his role should be considered as a juvenile in the case.
2012 Delhi gang-rape case: Supreme Court dismisses Special Leave Petition (SLP) filed by convict Pawan Kumar Gupta as the Court did not find any fresh ground in the matter. Pawan has claimed that he was a juvenile at the time of crime,& the Delhi High Court had ignored this fact. pic.twitter.com/8DrDGwSqQh
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“On July 9, 2018, your (Pawan) petition was dismissed by this court, but now how come you are coming with some new information, how will this be maintainable?” Justice Ashok Bhushan observed.
The Delhi High Court had rejected the review petition of Pawan and he had challenged this before the apex court on January 17, Friday.
Asha Devi, 2012 Delhi gang rape victim’s mother: Their tactic to delay hanging has been rejected.I’ll be satisfied only when they’re hanged on Feb 1.Just like they’re delaying it one after other, they must be hanged one by one so that they understand what it means to toy with law https://t.co/TrMRDOEIHf pic.twitter.com/wljyGjIBmb
— ANI (@ANI) January 20, 2020
Pawan’s date of birth as per school record is October 8, 1996, but the Delhi High Court had ignored this, Pawan’s lawyer, AP Singh claimed in the petition.
A Delhi court issued a fresh death warrant against the four death-row convicts in the Nirbhaya rape case, who will now be executed on February 1 at 6 am.
Four convicts, Vinay, Akshay, Pawan, and Mukesh were convicted and sentenced to death for raping a 23-year-old woman in a moving bus in the national capital on the intervening night of December 16-17, 2012.