Nirbhaya case: Pawan Gupta's mercy plea rejected by the President

The President today rejected the mercy petition of Nirbhaya case convict Pawan Gupta paving the way for hanging of all four.

A Delhi court had deferred till further orders the March 3 execution of the four convicts after one of the convicts Pawan Gupta filed mercy petition before the president.

Earlier, on Monday, the Supreme Court had rejected the curative petition filed by Pawan Gupta.


A 23-year-old woman paramedic student, who came to be known as 'Nirbhaya -- the fearless -- was gang-raped and savagely assaulted in a moving bus in south Delhi on December 16, 2012. She succumbed to injuries on December 29 at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore where she was taken for better medical treatment.

A total of six people -- Mukesh Singh, Vinay Sharma, Akshay Kumar Singh, Pawan Kumar Gupta, Ram Singh and a juvenile -- were convicted in the gang rape and murder of the paramedic student here.

The President has already rejected the mercy petitions of Mukesh, Vinay and Akshay. While Ram Singh had committed suicide in jail, the juvenile was released from a remand home after completion of his term.

(With inputs from PTI)