Don't Encourage Nirbhaya Case Convicts, High Court tells Media House Wishing to Interview them

The Delhi HC Thursday said to a media house, desirous of interviewing the four death-row convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape & murder case, "don't encourage them" as they have made a "mockery of the system".

"They have made a mockery of the system. Please don't encourage them," the court said.

The observation by Justice Navin Chawla came while hearing the media house' plea for permission to interview the four convicts -- Mukesh Kumar Singh (32), Pawan Kumar Gupta (25), Vinay Sharma (26) & Akshay Kumar Singh (31) -- who are to be hanged on Mar 20.

The media house, in its petition, has also challenged the Tihar Jail's rejection of their application seeking permission to interview the four death row convicts.

It has also claimed the purpose behind the interview "was to have a deterrent effect on such crimes in the future".

It said the application for permission was moved before the prison authorities on Feb 25 & it was denied by the Tihar Jail on Feb 27.

The court listed the matter for hearing on Mar 11.

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