Nirbhaya case: Convict Mukesh Kumar seeks urgent hearing in SC against rejection of mercy plea
Death row convict in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case Mukesh Kumar Singh moved the Supreme Court on Monday seeking urgent hearing on his plea against dismissal of his mercy petition by the President.
The mercy plea of 32-year-old Singh was dismissed by President Ram Nath Kovind on January 17.
A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde said, "If somebody is going to be hanged then nothing can be more urgent than this."
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