Nirbhaya Case: Supreme Court rejects Pawan Gupta's juvenile claim

The Supreme Court on Monday dismssed convict Pawan Gupta's plea in Nirbhaya gang rape case. Pawan Gupta claimed that he was a juvenile when the crime was committed. The Special Leave Petition (SLP) filed by the convict was dismissed by the court as it did not find any fresh ground on the matter. A Supreme Court headed by Justice R Banumathi was hearing on the plea of a death-row convict Pawan Kumar Gupta in the Nirbhaya case against a Delhi High Court order. 

"We are happy with the Supreme Court order. This is a delaying tactic by the convicts. I would request the court and government to decide once instead of all the convicts applying mercury review separately," said Asha Devi, Nirbhaya's mother. The young woman who came to be known as Nirbhaya was gang raped and tortured with an iron rod on a moving bus in 2012. She was later dumped on the road with severe internal injuries. She died two-weeks later leaving a shocked and angry nation demanding justice and tough action.