Nirbhaya Case: 'Need To Amend Our Law,' Delhi CM Kejriwal On Delay In Execution Of Convicts

While passing the order on Friday on the plea by the convicts seeking adjournment of the executions "sine die" (with no appointed date for resumption), however, took note of their "dilatory tactics" but did not comment on them.

Delhi CM and AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal (C) along with party leaders Sanjay Singh (L) and Pankaj Gupta at a press conference at the party office, in New Delhi. (Image: PTI)

New Delhi: Expressing disappointment over the postponement of the execution of the convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that the convicts should hanged immediately and the law should be amended so that in cases of rape, hanging is carried out within a period of six months. "I am disappointed that convicts in the Nirbhaya case are using loopholes in the law to avoid getting hanged. They should be hanged immediately. We are in dire need to amend our law so that in cases of rape, the hanging is within 6 months," Kejriwal tweeted. His response comes after a Delhi court on Friday, stayed till further orders the execution of the convicts, which was earlier scheduled to take place on February 1. Additional sessions judge Dharmender Rana had reserved the order in the matter earlier today.

मुझे दुख है की निर्भया के अपराधी कानून के दाँव पेंच ढूंढ कर फांसी को टाल रहे है। उनको फांसी तुरंत होनी चाहिए। हमे हमारे कानून में संशोधन करने की सख्त जरूरत है ताकि रेप के मामलों में फांसी 6 महीने के अंदर हो।

— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) January 31, 2020

While passing the order on Friday on the plea by the convicts seeking adjournment of the executions "sine die" (with no appointed date for resumption), however, took note of their "dilatory tactics" but did not comment on them. Mukesh Kumar Singh (32), Pawan Gupta (25), Vinay Kumar Sharma (26) and Akshay Kumar (31), who are lodged in Tihar jail, were ordered to be hanged on February 1 at 6 am. With Advocate A P Singh, the counsel for Pawan, Vinay and Akshay contending that their legal remedies were yet to be exhausted, the hanging date remains uncertain. One of the five adults accused, Ram Singh, had allegedly committed suicide in the Tihar Jail during the trial of the case.