Nirbhaya rape case: Convict files curative petition in Supreme Court

New Delhi: After a Delhi court issued a death warrant on January 7 against all the four convicts involved in 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder, one of the convicts in the Delhi gangrape case has filed a curative petition in the Supreme Court.

One of the convicts, Vinay Kumar Sharma has filed the curative petition before the apex court. As per the judgement passed by the Delhi court on January 7, the four convicts are scheduled to be hanged till death on January 22.

The convicts’ lawyer AP Singh had said after the January 7 order that they will file curative petition in Supreme Court soon. “We will file curative petition in SC within a day or two. Five senior most judges of SC will hear it. There has been pressure of media, public and political pressure in this case since beginning. Unbiased probe could not take place in this case,” he had said.