Nirbhaya case: Convict Vinay files curative petition in SC

One of the four convicts in the Nirbhaya gangrape case, Vinay Kumar Sharma, has filed a curative petition in the Supreme Court on Thursday, in one final effort to escape the gallows.

In its hearing on January 7, 2020, the Patiala house courts issued death warrants for the hanging of four accused – in the 2012 Nirbhaya rape-murder case and said they will be hanged on January 22 at 7 am in Tihar jail.