NEW DELHI: Pleading for existence and mercy, two of the four demise row convicts in Nirbhaya gangrape and homicide case instructed the Supreme Court on Friday that capital punishment is violative of elementary human rights and asked the court to present them a chance to reform via commuting their sentence to existence imprisonment.
Appearing earlier than a bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices R Banumathi and Ashok Bhushan, recommend A P Singh pleaded the bench to show compassion to the convicts in view in their socio-economic background and clean document earlier than the incident.
Singh, who was once showing for convicts Vinay Sharma and Pawan Gupta, mentioned many routine offenders had reformed over time and his purchasers will have to also be given a chance. He mentioned demise sentence is in opposition to Indian culture of non-violence and tolerance.
The court, after a short lived hearing, reserved its verdict and requested the legal professional to file his written submission. Senior recommend Siddharth Luthra, showing for the Delhi Police, mentioned the convicts had not raised any new ground which was once not dealt with via the apex court while handing over its verdict upholding the demise sentence. It had previous reserved its verdict on a assessment petition filed via another convict Mukesh. The fourth convict, Akshay, has not filed a assessment petition but.
On May 5,2017, SC had awarded demise sentence to the four convicts in the case announcing their brutal, barbaric and diabolic nature of the crime shook the sense of right and wrong of humanity and so they deserved the extreme punishment.
Appearing earlier than a bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices R Banumathi and Ashok Bhushan, recommend A P Singh pleaded the bench to show compassion to the convicts in view in their socio-economic background and clean document earlier than the incident.
Singh, who was once showing for convicts Vinay Sharma and Pawan Gupta, mentioned many routine offenders had reformed over time and his purchasers will have to also be given a chance. He mentioned demise sentence is in opposition to Indian culture of non-violence and tolerance.
The court, after a short lived hearing, reserved its verdict and requested the legal professional to file his written submission. Senior recommend Siddharth Luthra, showing for the Delhi Police, mentioned the convicts had not raised any new ground which was once not dealt with via the apex court while handing over its verdict upholding the demise sentence. It had previous reserved its verdict on a assessment petition filed via another convict Mukesh. The fourth convict, Akshay, has not filed a assessment petition but.
On May 5,2017, SC had awarded demise sentence to the four convicts in the case announcing their brutal, barbaric and diabolic nature of the crime shook the sense of right and wrong of humanity and so they deserved the extreme punishment.
Nirbhaya's killers seek life sentence
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