In a sheer embarrassing moment, the Delhi high court deferred the execution of four convicts of Nirbhaya's gang assault and murder again indefinitely. The convicts were actually supposed to be hanged at 6 pm on Tuesday.
The additional sessions judge Dharmender Rana, nonetheless, said that the death sentence cannot be executed pending disposal of mercy petition of the convict Pawan Gupta...
"Despite stiff resistance from the victim's side, I am of the opinion that any condemned convict must not meet his Creator with a grievance in his bosom that the courts of the country have not acted fairly in granting him an opportunity to exhaust his legal remedies," the judge said.
He also added, "As a cumulative effect of the discussion, I am of the opinion that the death sentence cannot be executed pending the disposal of the mercy petition of the convict. It is hereby directed that the execution of death warrants against all the convicts, scheduled for March 3 at 6 AM, is deferred till further orders."
Nirbhaya's mother Asha Devi, however, cried foul on the court's decision and is desperately appealing the courts for a prompt justice to the victim.