In Tihar Jail hangman rehearsed for the execution of four convicts in the Nirbhaya case of December 2012. The four death row convicts Mukesh Singh, 32, Vinay Sharma, 26, Akshay Kumar Singh, 31, and Pawan Gupta, 25 will be executed on 20 March 2020 at 5:30 am. Gang rape convict Akshay Kumar Singh’s wife Punita […]
Today in Rajkot, District Judge DD Thakker has pronounced death penalty to POCSO convict Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Ramesh Bachubhai Vedukiya. Before 2 years convict had raped a 3 years old girl on Bhavnagar road and later he killed the girl in PTC ground. After 2 years of trial, he has been given […]
Just before execution of four Nirbhaya case convicts extracted another last-minute reprieve as a Delhi court deferred their execution indefinitely. Convicts Pawan Gupta, Mukesh Singh, Akshay Singh and Vinay Sharma will not be hanged until further court orders. Death sentence has already been put off once in a haze of review, curative and mercy petitions. […]
President of India Ram Nath Kovind on Friday has rejected the mercy plea of Mukesh Singh, one of the four men convicted in the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case, sources said. The rejection came soon after the Union Home Ministry forwarded the petition to the president on Friday morning. “It’s a very good thing. […]
A Delhi court convicted expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar on Monday for raping a woman in Unnao in 2017 saying the victim’s testimony was “truthful and unblemished” against a “powerful person”. The court convicted Sengar for rape under Indian Penal Code and POCSO Act for offence of a public servant committing penetrative sexual assault […]
