Supreme Court dismisses curative plea of 16 December gangrape convict Pawan Gupta
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Supreme Court dismisses curative plea of 16 December gangrape convict Pawan Gupta

A five-judge bench headed by Justice N V Ramana said that no case has been made out to re-examine the conviction and punishment of Pawan Gupta.

   
16 December gangrape

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a curative petition filed by convict Pawan Kumar Gupta who was sentenced to death in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case.

A five-judge bench headed by Justice N V Ramana said that no case is made out for re-examining the conviction and the punishment of the convict.

Other members of the bench were justices Arun Mishra, R F Nariman, R Banumathi and Ashok Bhushan.


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