The Union Home Ministry has sent to President Ram Nath Kovind the recommendation of the Delhi Government rejecting the mercy plea of Vinay Sharma, one of the convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape case. The move came two days after the file rejecting the mercy plea was sent by Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal to the Home Ministry.
The file has been forwarded to the President for consideration and final decision. The mother of Nirbhaya, the 23-year-old paramedic student who died days after being brutally gangraped in Delhi in December 2012, on Friday urged President Ram Nath Kovind to reject the mercy petition filed by one of the four men convicted in the case.
The letter written by Nirbhaya’s mother to Kovind said the petition filed by one of the convicts — Vinay Sharma — “deliberately tries to avoid the execution of the death sentence and hamper the dissemination of justice.”
Vinay Sharma, one of the convicts facing the gallows for the rape-and-murder of a 23-year-old paramedic student, had filed the mercy petition before the President.
The Supreme Court on July 2018 upheld the death penalty to Mukesh Kumar, Pawan Gupta and Vinya Sharma. Mukesh and Pawan did not applied for mercy petition.
Nirbhaya was gang-raped on December 16, 2012. She later succumbed to her injuries. The brutality of the rape had rocked the nation leading to massive protests.
Meanwhile, the mother of Nirbhaya urged President Ram Nath Kovind to reject the mercy petition filed by Vinay Sharma.
The letter written to Kovind said the petition filed by one of the convicts - Vinay Sharma - “deliberately tries to avoid the execution of the death sentence and hamper the dissemination of justice.”
“Almost seven years have elapsed since then. The trauma, pain and agony suffered by the applicant (mother) is unbearable and the wait for justice is getting longer and longer,” the letter sent through her lawyer further said.