Chhawla gangrape, murder: SC to set up new bench to hear review plea of its acquittal verdict

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to constitute a three-judge bench to consider Delhi Police's plea for a review of its verdict acquitting three death row convicts in the gangrape and murder of a 19-year-old girl in Delhi's Chhawla area in 2012. One of the acquitted recently slit a person's throat, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for Delhi Police, told a bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices P S Narasimha and J B



Pardiwala.

"What I am saying is that all these accused who were acquitted are hardened criminals. Therefore, we are seeking review of last year's verdict," Mehta said, adding that a three-judge bench headed by then CJI U U Lalit had pronounced the verdict.

Vinod, one of the three acquitted, has been arrested for allegedly killing an auto driver in Delhi's Dwarka area last month.