Dec 16 gangrape case: Delhi court stays execution of four convicts until further orders

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By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: January 31, 2020 9:57:12 pm

The four convicts, Mukesh Singh (32), Gupta (25), Vinay Sharma (26) and Akshay Kumar Singh (31) were scheduled to be hanged at 6 am at Delhi’s Tihar Jail on Saturday, February 1.

A Delhi court on Friday stayed the execution of four convicts in the December 16, 2012 gangrape and murder case until further orders.

Additional Sessions Judge Dharmender Rana passed the order on the plea by the convicts seeking adjournment of the executions “sine die” (with no appointed date for resumption).

The four convicts, Mukesh Singh (32), Gupta (25), Vinay Sharma (26) and Akshay Kumar Singh (31) were scheduled to be hanged at 6 am at Delhi’s Tihar Jail on Saturday, February 1.

Reacting on the development, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said there was a dire need to amend laws so that hanging takes place within six months in rape cases. “It saddens me that convicts in the Dec 16, 2012 case are escaping death sentence by using legal loopholes,” he said.