{"id":58971,"date":"2020-03-02T16:24:50","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T10:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=58971"},"modified":"2020-03-02T17:24:26","modified_gmt":"2020-03-02T11:54:26","slug":"nirbhaya-case-sc-dismisses-curative-plea-of-fourth-death-row-convict-pawan-gupta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/nirbhaya-case-sc-dismisses-curative-plea-of-fourth-death-row-convict-pawan-gupta","title":{"rendered":"Nirbhaya case : SC dismisses curative plea of fourth death row convict Pawan Gupta."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/02\/Nirbhaya-case-convict-Pawan-Kumar-Gupta.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"58951\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/nirbhaya-case-death-row-convict-pawan-gupta-files-curative-plea-in-supreme-court\/nirbhaya-case-convict-pawan-kumar-gupta\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/02\/Nirbhaya-case-convict-Pawan-Kumar-Gupta.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,168\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Nirbhaya case convict Pawan Kumar Gupta\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/02\/Nirbhaya-case-convict-Pawan-Kumar-Gupta.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/02\/Nirbhaya-case-convict-Pawan-Kumar-Gupta.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-58951\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/02\/Nirbhaya-case-convict-Pawan-Kumar-Gupta.jpg?resize=300%2C168&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/02\/Nirbhaya-case-convict-Pawan-Kumar-Gupta.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/02\/Nirbhaya-case-convict-Pawan-Kumar-Gupta.jpg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a curative petition filed by convict Pawan Kumar Gupta who was sentenced to death in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case.<\/p>\n<p>A five-judge bench headed by Justice N V Ramana said that no case is made out for re-examining the conviction and the punishment of the convict.<\/p>\n<p>Other members of the bench were justices Arun Mishra, R F Nariman, R Banumathi and Ashok Bhushan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a curative petition filed by convict Pawan Kumar Gupta who was sentenced to death in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case. 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