Articles about Akshay Kumar Singh
Akshay Kumar Singh was one of the convicts in the 2012 ‘Nirbhaya’ gang rape case, in which a 23-year-old physiotherapy intern was gang-raped on December 16, 2012, by Singh and his associates namely Mukesh Singh, Ram Singh, Vinay Sharma, Pawan Gupta, and a juvenile, in a moving bus in New Delhi. She succumbed to her injuries on December 29, 2012. The case sparked huge outrage globally. On December 21, 2012, Singh was arrested from his native Karmalahang village in Aurangabad, Bihar, and brought to Delhi. On March 11, 2013, Ram Singh died by suicide, and the same year in August, the juvenile was sent to three years of imprisonment. On September 10, 2013, Singh and the rest of his associates were charged with murder and a Delhi Court announced a death sentence to them. On March 13, 2014, the Delhi High Court confirmed the death penalty. On May 5, 2017, Supreme Court upheld the Delhi High Court’s decision of the death penalty to Singh and his associates. On December 2, 2019, Singh filed a review petition in the Supreme Court which was rejected by the apex court on December 18. On January 28, 2020, Singh again filed a curative petition in the Supreme Court, which was rejected by the apex court on January 30. On February 5, 2020, Singh’s mercy petition was rejected by President Ram Nath Kovind. On March 20, 2020, Singh and his associates were hanged to death at 5:30 am.
20 Jan 2020
IndiaPawan Gupta, one of the four convicts of the horrendous Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case pleaded in Supreme Court that he was a minor when the crime happened in 2012, but his plea was rejected today.
19 Jan 2020
IndiaThe Bar Council of Delhi on Saturday issued a notice to the lawyer appearing for a convict in the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case.
18 Jan 2020
IndiaSenior lawyer Indira Jaising made a case for rapists of Nirbhaya saying the mother of the deceased 23-year-old physiotherapy intern should forgive the convicts.
16 Jan 2020
PoliticsThe four men who raped Nirbhaya in 2012 in Delhi will not be hanged on January 22, and Union Minister Prakash Javadekar sees an Aam Aadmi Party conspiracy in this.
15 Jan 2020
IndiaThe four men, who raped and brutally assaulted a 23-year-old physiotherapy intern in New Delhi in 2012, won't be hanged on January 22, Delhi government informed the High Court on Wednesday.
15 Jan 2020
IndiaScheduled to be hanged in a week, the four convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case broke prison rules 23 times during their stay at Delhi's Tihar Jail, reports said.
14 Jan 2020
IndiaThe Supreme Court dismissed curative petitions filed by two convicts, namely Vinay Sharma and Mukesh Singh, in the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case.
12 Jan 2020
IndiaAnyone who commits heinous crimes like the Nirbhaya case deserves to be hanged, says Pawan Jallad, an executioner from Meerut.
07 Jan 2020
IndiaThe four men, who raped Nirbhaya in 2012, will be hanged till death on January 22 at 7 am, Delhi's Patiala Court announced on Tuesday.
18 Dec 2019
IndiaThe Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed the review petition filed by one of the convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya rape and murder case.
01 Nov 2019
IndiaSeven years after a 23-year-old was subject to inhumane assault in a moving bus in Delhi, the convicts have been told that they can either file a mercy plea before President or wait for their death sentence.
