NE NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, FEB 1
The four convicts of the Nirbhaya gang rape case are trying the patience of the country, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told the Delhi High Court on Saturday.
The government had petitioned the high court against the Delhi court’s order on Friday freezing the black warrant issued for the four men sentenced to death for the rape and murder a 23-year-old paramedic in 2012.
“This gang rape case will go down in history of India where convicts of heinous crime are trying patience of country,” the Solicitor General told the court during the hearing.
Seeking a fresh date for execution of the four convicts – who were set to be hanged on January 22 first and then on February 1, Tihar Jail authorities on Saturday had moved court.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who was appearing on the behalf of Tihar jail authorities came down heavily on the convicts, who he said, had taken the legal process for a joyride.
The four convicts — Akshay, Vinay and two other men – Mukesh Singh (32) and Pawan Kumar Gupta (25) were sentenced to death by a fast-track court within a year of the 2012 rape and murder of the woman.
