A Delhi court on Monday rejected a plea by the father of death row convict Pawan Kumar Gupta in the December 16 gang rape and murder case challenging the court’s order rejecting his plea questioning the credibility of the sole witness in the case. Singh, appearing for Pawan’s father, claimed that Pawan was a victim of media trial. The sole eyewitness, a friend of the 23-year-old victim, was accompanying her in the bus when the gruesome incident took place. A Delhi court had on January 6 dismissed Gupta’s complaint against the sole witness in the matter alleging that he was a “motivated witness.” Pawan’s father had challenged the order in the sessions court. A Delhi court on January 20 issued death warrants for February 1 against the four convicts — Vinay Sharma (26), Akshay Kumar Singh (31), Mukesh Kumar Singh (32) and Pawan (26) — in the case.

Source: The Hindu January 27, 2020 11:36 UTC