Delhi HC to hear plea on execution of Nirbhaya case convicts today

Challenging a trial court's order of staying the execution of the four convicts of Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case, Tihar Jail authorities filed a plea at the Delhi High Court. The convicts were to be hanged on February 1.

New Delhi:Tihar Jail authorities on Saturday approached the Delhi High Court, challenging a trial court's order of staying the execution of the four convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case.

The plea was mentioned before Chief Justice DN Patel for an urgent hearing. It will be heard later in the day.

The jail authorities have challenged the trial court's Friday order which had stayed the execution of the convicts till further orders.

The convicts were to be hanged on February 1.

(PTI report)