All the convicts moved the apex court in 2014, which stayed their execution. All the convicts moved the apex court in 2014, which stayed their execution. Supreme Court will on Monday hear the plea filed by the four convicts in December 16 gangrape case. The convicts Vinay Sharma (23), Akshay Thakur (31), Mukesh (29) and Pawan Gupta (22) were awarded death sentence by a trial court in September 2013 and six months later the Delhi High Court upheld their conviction and sentence. All the convicts then approached the Supreme Court which had in 2014 stayed their execution and the matter is pending in the top court since then.

Source: Indian Express October 24, 2016 04:07 UTC