Nirbhaya case: SC to hear on January 20 convict's juvenility claim

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court will hear on January 20 a plea of a

death row

convict in the

Nirbhaya

gangrape and murder case against a Delhi high

court

order dismissing his claim of being a juvenile at the time of commission of the offence.


A bench of justices R Banumathi, Ashok Bushan and AS Bopanna will hear the plea of Pawan Kumar Gupta.

Gupta moved the apex court on Friday challenging the high court's order dismissing his claim of being a juvenile in December 2012.

Besides, the convict has sought a direction restraining the authorities from executing the death penalty, which has been scheduled for February 1.

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