According to sources supreme court of india has rejected the plea petition to review death penalty of akshay kumar Singh who was convicted in Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case in the year 2012. Meanwhile the bench comprising Justices R Banumathi, ashok Bhushan and AS Bopanna were formed after Chief Justice of india SA Bobde refused to hear the petition on personal grounds. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing on behalf of Nirbhaya's mother and delhi government told the court that there are certain crimes where god would feel ashamed and this is one of them.
Now, the delhi court has pronounced its order and issued death warrants against all four convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya Gang-Rape and murder case. The order was issued by Judge Satish Kumar Arora.
During the hearing, the prosecution said there was no application pending before any court or the President right now by any of the convicts and the review petition of all the convicts was dismissed by the supreme Court. The four convicts, pawan Gupta, mukesh, Vinay Sharma, and akshay kumar Singh will be hanged at 7 am on january 22nd.
