Delhi gang-rape victim Nirbhaya's mother Asha Devi on Monday expressed hope that the curative petition of Pawan Kumar Gupta, one of the four death row convicts in the case, will be rejected by the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear today Gupta's curative petition seeking commutation of his death penalty to life imprisonment.
Speaking to ANI Asha Devi said, "Supreme Court will hear the curative petition of Pawan Kumar Gupta and I hope that the petition is rejected by the court." "The case is clear before the court the plea will be rejected today," she said. Asha Devi said that the law has been misused and how many times the court will postpone its own decision.
"They are misusing the law and government should look into it, how many times the court will postpone its own decision?" she asked. She said that the process of execution is making an impact on the society and people are losing hope in the judiciary. The way the execution of the convicts is getting delayed, it is making an impact on society and people now are somewhere losing hope in the judiciary," she said. ANI
