Delhi Govt recommends rejection of Nirbhaya convicts mercy petitions

The Delhi government has recommended rejecting the mercy petition filed by Mukesh Singh, one of the four men convicted in the Nirbhaya murder case.

The mercy petition was filed by Mukesh Singh yesterday moments after the Supreme Court rejected a curative petition filed by him.

A curative petition is the last judicial remedy available to a person convicted by courts of law. If rejected, convicts are left with the option of seeking mercy from the President.

Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia confirmed the development saying the recommendations of rejection was done with lightning speed.

The recommendation has been sent to Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal, who will base his recommendation on the Delhi government's advice. Mr Baijal's recommendation will then be sent to the Union Ministry for



Home Affairs, which in turn will form its own recommendation and forward that to the President.

President Ram Nath will ultimately make the decision of whether or not to grant Mukesh mercy.

Mukesh , along with Vinay Sharma , Akshay Kumar Singh  and Pawan Gupta , was convicted for the 2012 gang-rape and murder of a 23-year-old paramedic student in Delhi.

The Delhi High Court yesterday declined to entertain the plea of one of the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case against the death warrant and gave him liberty to challenge it in sessions court.

A bench of Justices Manmohan and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal said there is no error in trial court's January 7 order issuing death warrant against convict Mukesh Kumar Singh.