A Delhi court will hear on Wednesday a plea seeking issuance of death warrants against four people convicted in the Nirbhaya gang rape-and-murder case.
Additional Sessions Judge Satish Kumar Arora on Friday deferred the matter till December 18, noting that the review petition of one of the convicts was pending before the Supreme Court for Tuesday.
"At least, I have to wait till the time appeal for review is pending," the judge said.
"My view is that once the review is pending before before the SC, let's wait for the outcome," the judge said. "Since his (Akshay Kumar) review petition is pending before SC for December 17, I would adjourn it for December 18."
Urging the court to issue death warrants, the prosecution said: "The court can issue death warrant. Nothing prevents court from issuing death warrants."
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