The Supreme Court today dismissed the review petition filed by Akshay Kumar Singh, a death row convict in the Nirbhaya gangrape case of 2012.While dismissing the review petition, the Bench said, "We do not find any error on the face of the record."
The court refused convict Akshay Singh's plea to
grant him three weeks' time to file a mercy petition before the President of
India.
Justice
Banumathi while reading the judgment said,
"Grounds
raised are identical to the ones raised in the review Petitions filed in
this case by other convicts which were dismissed then.
So
far as the flaws in the investigation, all these things have been considered by
the trial court, High Court and then it was confirmed by this court too."
During
the review hearing, advocate A.P. Singh, counsel for Akshay, submitted that
“executions only kill criminals, not the crime.” The submissions of the review
petitioner were opposed by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta who said " There
are some crimes for which humanity cries. On that fateful day, God also must
have held his head in shame for two reasons. First for not being able to save
the innocent girl and second for having created these five monsters. Please
reject review as early as possible so that law can take its own course
immediately."
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