The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed Nirbhaya case convict Mukesh Singh’s final bid to win relief against his hanging, where he had challenged rejection of his mercy plea by the President.
By evening, co-convict Vinay’s advocate A P Singh said he had filed a mercy plea directly in the President’s Secretariat while the SC agreed to examine on Thursday another prisoner, Akshay’s, curative petition.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed Nirbhaya case convict Mukesh Singh’s final bid to win relief against his hanging, where he had challenged rejection of his mercy plea by the President.
By evening, co-convict Vinay’s advocate A P Singh said he had filed a mercy plea directly in the President’s Secretariat while the SC agreed to examine on Thursday another prisoner, Akshay’s, curative petition.