A petition was filed before a Delhi court on Thursday seeking a meeting with four death row convicts in the sensational 2012 Nirbhaya Gang rape and murder case to persuade them to donate their organs.
Additional Sessions Judge Satish Kumar Arora put up the matter for hearing on Friday after the public prosecutor, appearing for the state, sought time to advance arguments on the matter.
The court on January 7 ordered that four convicts in the case -- Mukesh (32), Pawan Gupta (25), Vinay Sharma (26) and Akshay Kumar Singh (31) -- will be hanged on January 22 at 7 am in Tihar jail.
The petition, filed by NGO RACO, said, "The applicant is requesting for a meeting with the convicts along with a group comprising of experts from various fields including psychiatrist, spiritual leader, lawyer and the undersigned, to lead expert consultations with the hope that we would acknowledge remorse to these convicts regarding the heinous crime committed by them."
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