Nirbhaya: Another convict files mercy plea with President

Anotheraccused of the four death-row convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya Delhi gang-rapecase – Vinay Sharma has filed a mercy petition with President Ram Nath Kovind. Thelawyer of the accused, AP Singh, informed this on Wednesday.

It maybe mentioned here that a Delhi Court had issued the death warrant to AkshaySingh Thakur, Mukesh Kumar, Pawan Gupta and Vinay Sharma. The court had alsoordered their hanging on February 1.

Priorto this, another accused Mukesh Kumar had also filed the mercy petition. However,the President rejected the petition. Later he challenged the rejection at theSupreme Court, which dismissed it in the following days.