[Breaking] Nirbhaya Rape case: Supreme Court dismisses curative petition filed by death row convict Akshay; No stay on execution
The development comes a day after the Supreme Court dismissed a plea filed by another convict, Mukesh, challenging the rejection of his mercy plea by the President. The four convicts in the case are scheduled to be executed on February 1 at 6 AM.
The Supreme Court today dismissed the curative petition filed by one of the death row convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape case, Akshay Kumar Singh.