resident Pranab clears all 7 pending mercy plea cases
According
to sources, the President used his powers under Article 72 of the
Constitution to dispose of the mercy petitions of nine people convicted
in seven heinous crimes. (PTI Photo)
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DELHI: Speculation mounted on Wednesday about the fate of nine people
convicted for heinous crimes amid indications that President PranabMukherjee had upheld execution in five cases while commuting death sentence to life term in two others.
Sources said that the President used his powers under Article 72 of the Constitution to dispose of the mercy petitions of nine people convicted in seven heinous crimes. However, the details of individual cases could not be ascertained.
The home ministry had recommended rejection of mercy pleas in five cases and left two cases open for commutation of death sentence to life imprisonment with a rider that the life term should mean jail for the entire life of the convict and not just 20 years or 14 years in prison.
Sources said that the President does not have any mercy petition pending before him now.
Though the case-wise recommendation for convicts was not known as both the home ministry and President House did not reply to repeated questions, the seven cases on the President's desk related to multiple murders, including one in which a convict who was out on bail on rape charge had killed five members of the victim's family.
Among the cases that are reported to have been disposed of include the longest pending case of Gurmeet Singh of Uttar Pradesh who was convicted for killing 13 members of a family on August 17, 1986. The others cases are of Suresh and Ramji, also from UP, who were convicted for killing five members of their brother's family and Dharampal from Haryana who had murdered five members of the family of a girl he had raped in 1993. He had murdered the family while on bail in the rape case.
The other cases are of Sonia, daughter of a former Haryana MLA, and her husband Sanjeev, who drugged and killed eight of her family members in Hisar in 2001, including her parents. Sunder Singh from Uttarakhand was convicted for rape and murder on June 30, 1989; Jafar Ali from Uttar Pradesh was convicted for killing wife and five daughter in 2002 and Praveen Kumar of Karnataka was convicted for killing four members of a family on February 23, 1994.
The mercy files, which have been pending for years while moving to and fro between the President House and the home ministry, has seen an unprecedented movement of late, resulting in two quick executions (Ajmal Kasab and Afzal Guru) within less than three months. Mukherjee had rejected the mercy plea of Kasab on November 5 and of Afzal on February 3. So far, the President has disposed off eight death row convicts in five cases.
Mukherjee has also rejected the mercy petitions of Saibanna Ningappa Natikar (Karnataka: convicted for killing wife and daughter) and mercy petitions of slain brigand Veerappan's associates Gnanaprakash, Simon, 'Meesai' Madaian and Pilavendran, who were sentenced to death for killing 22 police personnel in 1993.
However, the mercy petition of Atbir (Delhi), who was convicted for murder of his step-mother, step-sister and step-brother over property, was commuted to life imprisonment by the President.
Very few of the death penalty cases, however, reach the President House every year. Even during the tenure of the then President Pratibha Patil, death penalties of 35 convicts were commuted to life imprisonment between 2007 and 2012. Patil had rejected mercy pleas in three cases, comprising five convicts.
Sources said that the President used his powers under Article 72 of the Constitution to dispose of the mercy petitions of nine people convicted in seven heinous crimes. However, the details of individual cases could not be ascertained.
The home ministry had recommended rejection of mercy pleas in five cases and left two cases open for commutation of death sentence to life imprisonment with a rider that the life term should mean jail for the entire life of the convict and not just 20 years or 14 years in prison.
Sources said that the President does not have any mercy petition pending before him now.
Though the case-wise recommendation for convicts was not known as both the home ministry and President House did not reply to repeated questions, the seven cases on the President's desk related to multiple murders, including one in which a convict who was out on bail on rape charge had killed five members of the victim's family.
Among the cases that are reported to have been disposed of include the longest pending case of Gurmeet Singh of Uttar Pradesh who was convicted for killing 13 members of a family on August 17, 1986. The others cases are of Suresh and Ramji, also from UP, who were convicted for killing five members of their brother's family and Dharampal from Haryana who had murdered five members of the family of a girl he had raped in 1993. He had murdered the family while on bail in the rape case.
The other cases are of Sonia, daughter of a former Haryana MLA, and her husband Sanjeev, who drugged and killed eight of her family members in Hisar in 2001, including her parents. Sunder Singh from Uttarakhand was convicted for rape and murder on June 30, 1989; Jafar Ali from Uttar Pradesh was convicted for killing wife and five daughter in 2002 and Praveen Kumar of Karnataka was convicted for killing four members of a family on February 23, 1994.
The mercy files, which have been pending for years while moving to and fro between the President House and the home ministry, has seen an unprecedented movement of late, resulting in two quick executions (Ajmal Kasab and Afzal Guru) within less than three months. Mukherjee had rejected the mercy plea of Kasab on November 5 and of Afzal on February 3. So far, the President has disposed off eight death row convicts in five cases.
Mukherjee has also rejected the mercy petitions of Saibanna Ningappa Natikar (Karnataka: convicted for killing wife and daughter) and mercy petitions of slain brigand Veerappan's associates Gnanaprakash, Simon, 'Meesai' Madaian and Pilavendran, who were sentenced to death for killing 22 police personnel in 1993.
However, the mercy petition of Atbir (Delhi), who was convicted for murder of his step-mother, step-sister and step-brother over property, was commuted to life imprisonment by the President.
Very few of the death penalty cases, however, reach the President House every year. Even during the tenure of the then President Pratibha Patil, death penalties of 35 convicts were commuted to life imprisonment between 2007 and 2012. Patil had rejected mercy pleas in three cases, comprising five convicts.
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This
is the difference between a learned, educated seasoned veteran with a
foresight like Prez Pranab and the uneducated, stup1d cow who was prez
before. Her only claim to fame being cook of Gandhi family. Never took a
right decision and a cheap habit of carrying over a dozen cooks with
her on foreign trips, paid out of public money. thieving b1tch
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During
Pratibha Patil's tenure as President, 35 cases of death penalties
were converted to life imprisonments...That is definitely news to
me......Hmmm....... after couple of years inside the prison, these
criminals , with political influence, will be out on parol and start
polluting the society again.... .When other countries like Saudi and
Kuwait are still stringent on implementing death penalties, for cruel
murderers... why india need to be soft on these criminals ? especially
at a scenario where crimes and atrocities on women are on the increase ?
No sympathy for the criminals for horrifying crimes.
Present
situation of Indian NETAS are such vulnerable that no one is trust them
at any level & they also know that. Looking at the present
scenario, time will come soon when Indian media will face the same
situation like politicians.
Why there is no single line news of Arvind kejriwal?
Is that news is really less important than
beni/mulayam/sanjay/vijendra/digvijay/IPL and many others?
If he is so good, what went wrong when he was finance minister ?
Just see the condition of economy when he took over as finance minister and the condition when he left the ministry.
He dint do anything but increase or decrease the interest rate, that too not very wisely.
I think its just that he is good at managing media
What
is the great job here? President has said OK to Home Ministry
proposal.This shows President does not have any great job .And if the
previous Presidents did not take any action they were more lazy and
less cowards.
The
courts should learn a lesson from the President about how to dispose
off cases quickly within a time frame.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Without
going into details about individual cases it is a great thing to
dispose off pending cases and remove uncertainty in the minds of
convicts as well.___________________________________________Good job
Pranabda____________________________________
another
showcase of communal agenda? Kasab may be an option but not Afzal. This
is India rules buy hindus and communal minded people like this
president. Jai Hoo to india who has a history of injustice. look how law
did for Babri masjid case and Afzal guru case. cant expect justice from
this system and people. Need open minded people on power not one sided
Anil (Bangalore) replies to hydeabd 4 mins ago
You
are right. India has a history of injustice. Hindus have taken the
injustice for centuries of foreigner Muslims who just came and destroyed
Hindu temples and killed Hindus, but in modern India you can't call
them murderers because there is no justice. Even today, people like
Afzal Guru can attack the Indian parliament which stands for the Indian
state and we can't even punish him properly without people like you
protesting. Where is justice in India? Lost because of people like you.
Why don't you make a start by being open minded? Why don't you extend
your sense of the history of injustice in India to a millennium back
when the Muslim invasion happened and there was injustice against Hindus
in their own land? See, injustice starts right at home - in your case
it is being selective about imagined injustices against Muslims while
forgetting the injustice the ancestors of today's Indian Muslims did to
Hindus. Where is your open mind? Practice what you preach.
sree (Hyd) replies to hydeabd 5 mins ago
By
your mind you are a muslim. What type of open minded people who are the
followers of a child rapist. i am laughing at the people who support
terrorist and no ethics infront of religion. I pitty on you for not
using your mind and brain washed by your mullas. I am sure that in your
life time you won't think what is correct and what is wrong. Even your
MIM openly talks against hindu gods, you say its correct and in the next
election you give votes to him only. Nothing to surprise. so its better
don't talk about injustice and partiality. these are big words for a
muslims.
Bharatmata ki Jai (Chennai) replies to hydeabd 5 mins ago
Beacuse
of Hindus and their philosophy, Muslims are able to survive in India
& have been given more than equal rights when compared to other
sects and religions of this country who have contributed more than
follower of a maniac "Mohammed" due to vote bank politics. If hindus
would have become like them, India would be like other one of the gulf
countries. Even then they make lot of hue and cries, because they don't
want to work hard and want everything to be gifted to them decorated on
platter.
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don't call the President is communal. He is one of the finest ppl among
us coming from a most ordinary family and reach to the zenith of the
Nation with honesty, hard work and sincerity to the nation. He is just
working on the recommendation on the Home Ministry file. If you wish to
blame anyone that is the Home Ministry, who are just doing such things.
Dilli (New Delhi) replies to hydeabd 11 mins ago
You
are ranting, and your comments do not make any sense. By all means, it
is highly commendable that the President is clearing the backlog of all
mercy pleas before him. Speedy and just justice needs to be one of the
cornerstones of modern India.
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