New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday extended its March 15 interim order staying execution of the death sentence of Mukesh and Pawan Gupta – two of the four convicts in the Dec 16 2012 gang rape case – and directed the matter be listed in July’s second week for final hearing.
A bench of Justice BS Chauhan and Justice J Chelameswar asked the Delhi government to place before it all the records in the case including that of the trial court along with their English translation.
The apex court April 7 had asked counsel ML Sharma, who is representing Mukesh and Pawan Gupta, to place before it the post-mortem report of the Singapore hospital where victim was treated and succumbed to her injuries.
A bench of Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai and Justice Shiva Kirti Singh at a special sitting on March 15 had stayed the execution of the death sentence of Mukesh and Pawan until March 31. This was extended by a week until April 7, again extended and now it stands extended until the second week of July.
Mukesh and Pawan have contended that the prosecution’s story that the victim’s end came because of heavy bleeding on account of serious injuries to her intestines was not confirmed by the post-mortem report. (IANS)