4 Nirbhaya Convicts To Hang Tomorrow

Eight years after the ghastly rape and murder, the four convicts of the Nirbhaya case: Akshay Thakur, 31, Pawan Gupta, Vinay Sharma, and Mukesh Singh will be hanged tomorrow.

Their all legal remediesexhausted as the lawyers representing them successfully delayed their hangingsfor more than three months as strategically their mercy petitions were moved.

The Patiala House Court rejectedall petitions of the convicts, Akshay Thakur, 31, Pawan Gupta, 25, Vinay Sharma,26, and Mukesh Singh, 32, who are to hang at 5.30 am on Friday.

The convicts had requested thattheir execution be stopped, claiming that they still had legal remedies left.  "No legal remedies are pending as of now.Pawan and Akshay's second mercy was also not entertained by the President ofIndia," Public Prosecutor Irfan Ahmad told the court.

"My friend can move 100applications, but these are not strictly legal remedies," he said.

There was much drama outside thecourt when a convict's wife, who has sought a divorce, fainted outside thePatiala House court complex.

In another manoeuvre to delay thedeath sentence, three death-row convicts, represented by advocate AP Singh, hadpetitioned the court saying their legal remedies were pending.

The hanging will bring to an end one of the most ghastly episodes of rape and murder by a group of six persons. One got away with three years of prison as he was minor during the crime while main accused Ram Singh committed suicide.