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16 December convict seeks review of Supreme Court order dismissing juvenility claim

On 20 January, Supreme Court had said there was no ground to interfere with the Delhi HC order that rejected Pawan Gupta’s plea that he was juvenile at the time of crime.

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New Delhi: One of the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case, Pawan Gupta, on Friday approached the Supreme Court seeking review of its verdict which dismissed his plea claiming to be a juvenile at the time of commission of the offence.

On January 20, the apex court had rejected the plea by Pawan who had challenged the Delhi High Court’s order dismissing his juvenility claim.

Advocate A P Singh, who is representing Pawan in the case, said he has filed a petition on his behalf seeking review of the top court’s January 20 order on Friday.


Also read: 16 December Delhi gangrape convicts could now be hanged one by one, Tihar to decide


 

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