Nirbhaya Case Hanging Date

A dummy execution for the four Nirbhaya gang-rape convicts was conducted at Delhi's Tihar Jail by hangman Pawan.

The Supreme Court today dismissed a curative petition by Pawan Gupta, one of the four convicts in the gang-rape and murder of a 23-year-old medical student in Delhi dubbed "Nirbhaya" by the media, a day before their scheduled date of hanging.He has now filed a mercy plea before President Ram Nath Kovind.

Four days before their scheduled date of hanging, Pawan Kumar Gupta, a convict in the gang-rape and murder of a 23-year-old medical student in Delhi - dubbed Nirbhaya by the media - today filed a curative petition before the Supreme Court seeking his death sentence be changed to life imprisonment.

The parents of a 23-year-old woman who was brutally assaulted and gangraped in 2012 on Monday expressed hope that the four convicts will finally be hanged on March 3, the latest execution date fixed by a court after two earlier death warrants against the convicts were stayed.

Nirbhaya case: Convicts to hang on March 3 at 6 am, says Delhi court, issues new death warrant

A three-judge bench headed by Justice R Banumathi granted liberty to the authorities to approach the trial court for the issuance of a fresh date for the execution of the convicts.

With less than 24 hours to go before the four Nirbhaya convicts are scheduled to be executed, Pawan Jallad, the hangman called from UP, conducted a dummy execution

Two days before the four Nirbhaya case convicts are to be hanged, one of them has petitioned a Delhi court to put the execution on hold. This is the latest in a series of petitions filed by the convicts in their attempt to put off their death sentence.

A Delhi court on Saturday said no further directions were required on a petition by the lawyer of the death row convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case alleging the prison authorities were not handing over certain documents required to file mercy and curative petitions, and disposed of the petition.

Pawan Kumar feels zero sympathy for the four men he is due to hang next month for the 2012 gang-rape and murder that appalled India.

The four Nirbhaya case convicts, who are to be hanged on February 1, have given no reply to questions about meeting their family for the last time or willing their property, sources at Tihar jail said on Thursday.

A day after the Delhi government told the high court that the death sentence to four Nirbhaya case convicts cannot be executed on January 22 as scheduled because of a mercy petition filed by one of them, the victim's mother, Asha Devi, said on Thursday why should she suffer for the "negligence" of Tihar Jail officials and the government.

Five days before the four Nirbhaya case convicts are to be hanged, Delhi's Tihar Jail today asked for a new date, saying the execution cannot take place until mercy petitions filed by the convicts are settled.

The execution of the four Nirbhaya case convicts "will surely not take place" on January 22 because of a mercy petition filed by one of them, the Delhi government told the High Court today. But the court refused to set aside the death warrant put out by a trial court judge, saying there was "nothing wrong with it".

Nirbhaya rape and murder case: Pawan Jallad, the executioner from Meerut jail said, "I am prepared to carry out the execution if I am asked to by the administration (Tihar jail), I will go to Delhi and carry out my duty."

A dummy execution for the four Nirbhaya gang-rape convicts was conducted at Delhi's Tihar Jail by hangman Pawan.

The Supreme Court today dismissed a curative petition by Pawan Gupta, one of the four convicts in the gang-rape and murder of a 23-year-old medical student in Delhi dubbed "Nirbhaya" by the media, a day before their scheduled date of hanging.He has now filed a mercy plea before President Ram Nath Kovind.

Four days before their scheduled date of hanging, Pawan Kumar Gupta, a convict in the gang-rape and murder of a 23-year-old medical student in Delhi - dubbed Nirbhaya by the media - today filed a curative petition before the Supreme Court seeking his death sentence be changed to life imprisonment.

The parents of a 23-year-old woman who was brutally assaulted and gangraped in 2012 on Monday expressed hope that the four convicts will finally be hanged on March 3, the latest execution date fixed by a court after two earlier death warrants against the convicts were stayed.

Nirbhaya case: Convicts to hang on March 3 at 6 am, says Delhi court, issues new death warrant

A three-judge bench headed by Justice R Banumathi granted liberty to the authorities to approach the trial court for the issuance of a fresh date for the execution of the convicts.

With less than 24 hours to go before the four Nirbhaya convicts are scheduled to be executed, Pawan Jallad, the hangman called from UP, conducted a dummy execution

Two days before the four Nirbhaya case convicts are to be hanged, one of them has petitioned a Delhi court to put the execution on hold. This is the latest in a series of petitions filed by the convicts in their attempt to put off their death sentence.

A Delhi court on Saturday said no further directions were required on a petition by the lawyer of the death row convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case alleging the prison authorities were not handing over certain documents required to file mercy and curative petitions, and disposed of the petition.

Pawan Kumar feels zero sympathy for the four men he is due to hang next month for the 2012 gang-rape and murder that appalled India.

The four Nirbhaya case convicts, who are to be hanged on February 1, have given no reply to questions about meeting their family for the last time or willing their property, sources at Tihar jail said on Thursday.

A day after the Delhi government told the high court that the death sentence to four Nirbhaya case convicts cannot be executed on January 22 as scheduled because of a mercy petition filed by one of them, the victim's mother, Asha Devi, said on Thursday why should she suffer for the "negligence" of Tihar Jail officials and the government.

Five days before the four Nirbhaya case convicts are to be hanged, Delhi's Tihar Jail today asked for a new date, saying the execution cannot take place until mercy petitions filed by the convicts are settled.

The execution of the four Nirbhaya case convicts "will surely not take place" on January 22 because of a mercy petition filed by one of them, the Delhi government told the High Court today. But the court refused to set aside the death warrant put out by a trial court judge, saying there was "nothing wrong with it".

Nirbhaya rape and murder case: Pawan Jallad, the executioner from Meerut jail said, "I am prepared to carry out the execution if I am asked to by the administration (Tihar jail), I will go to Delhi and carry out my duty."