Nirbhaya case convict Akshay Singh files review petition in Supreme Court against death penalty

One of the four convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya rape-murder case, Akshay Singh, has moved a review petition in the Supreme Court against his death penalty.

The latest review petition against the death penalty in the Nirbhaya case once again brings the long-pending punishment in the gruesome rape-murder case under doubt.

The review petition has been filed and accepted by the Supreme Court registry.

Two other convicts in the case, Vinay and Pawan Kumar Gupta, will not file a curative in the Supreme Court now. According to the lawyer for the convicts, only after the disposal of Akshay's review petition, the three other convicts will file a curative petition together.