New Delhi: Delhi court has issued a fresh date for execution of four Nirbhaya gang rape convicts at 6 am on March 3.
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The Patiala House Courton Monday issued fresh death warrants against four convicts while hearing a petition by the state and Nirbhaya's parents.
2012 Delhi gang-rape case: Delhi court has issued a fresh date for execution of death warrant against all the four convicts. Convicts to be executed on March 3 at 6 am. https://t.co/lUI3flqwzU
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Earlier, Delhi High Court on February 5 granted a week's time to the four convicts to avail of all legal remedies available to them and said that the convicts cannot be hanged separately since they were convicted for the same crime.
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A Delhi Court had earlier issued a death warrant against the four convicts -- Vinay Sharma, Akshay Thakur, Pawan Gupta, and Mukesh Singh -- on January 7 and they were scheduled to be executed on January 22 at Tihar Jail. Later, the execution was suspended indefinitely by a Delhi court. (ANI)
