Delhi's Patiala House court on Saturday disposed of a plea submitted by the lawyer of Nirbhaya rapists claiming that Tihar Jail authorities are yet to release the documents required to file curative petitions. Advocate AP Singh, who is representing three convicts Vinay Sharma, Akshay Kumar and Pawan Gupta in his plea had said that a 160-page diary titled 'Darinda' written by Vijay has not been received yet. He also alleged that one of the convicts, Vinay Sharma, was being 'slow poisoned' and had even been admitted to the hospital of which the medical reports were not provided. The accused in the case - Akshay Kumar, Pawan Gupta, Mukesh Singh, Ram Singh, Vinay Sharma, and a minor boy - were promptly arrested under charges of sexual assault and murder. Subsequently, the Delhi High Court and the Supreme Court upheld this judgment.

Source: dna January 25, 2020 07:52 UTC