Nirbhaya case: Convict Vinay Sharma moves SC challenging rejection of mercy plea by President

The plea filed by some riot victims was mentioned for urgent listing before a bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde, which said it would be heard Wednesday.

New Delhi: One of the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case, Vinay Sharma, approached the Supreme Court Tuesday challenging the rejection of his mercy petition by the President.

Sharma, through his counsel AP Singh, has also sought commutation of death sentence to life imprisonment.

PTI

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