
Nirbhaya Case: Akshay Thakur's Plea Against Hanging Rejected By President
Thursday, February 6, 2020, 8:39 AM
President Ram Nath Kovind has rejected the mercy petition of Akshay Thakur, the third of the four convicts in Nirbhaya gangrape case. The death row prisoner had filed the appeal on Saturday, hours after President Kovind turned down the appeal of fellow convict Vinay Sharma. A mercy plea to the President of India is the last option for a prisoner awarded the death penalty.
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