sentence of death ("1st
death warrant") against all the four death convicts fixing the date & time of
execution ... process of execution of death sentence
filed an application before the Trial Court seeking stay on the execution of
death warrants dated 17.01.2020, inter-alia
warrants of execution of the death
sentence, inter alia, on the following grounds:
i. Inordinate and unexplained sdelay in execution of death
sentence ... execution
warrants, more than a reasonable period was provided from the
date of warrants till the date of execution. Copies of the
warrants were immediately
September 2014 when an order was passed staying the execution of the death warrant issued by the Additional Sessions Judge, Ghaziabad on 2 September ... moved by the PUDR, an interim stay of the execution of the warrant of death was granted.
The total period which has elapsed between
outcome. The Sessions Court at
Hoshiarpur has meanwhile issued death warrants for execution,
prompting the petitioners to initiate these proceedings for the reliefs
briefly noticed ... merely a cloak to delay the execution of
death warrants for even if the challenge to 'death sentence' under
Section 364-A succeeds
also put in death
cells after receipt of death warrants in the year 2012 and
2016, till such time the death warrants were ordered ... interim order
dated 12.10.2012, the Supreme Court stayed the
execution of death warrants of the appellants.
26.11.2012 The Joint Secretary (Judicial), Ministry of Home Affairs
warrant" to mean only one warrant to be necessarily issued by the Court of Session for execution of death sentence only. According to them ... first warrant without the execution having been carried out. Nor does it do so in case of issuance of a second warrant. Warrants
directs the Public Authority to
a. provide certified copy of death warrant for the execution of Afzal
Guru,
b. provide copy of communication sent ... directs the Public
Authority to
a. provide certified copy of death warrant for the execution of Afzal Guru,
b. provide communication sent to family members
death is to be executed, but in Schedule IV of
the Code, in the form prescribed for the warrant of execu-
tion of a death ... neck until he is
dead,
(ii) warrants of commitments under sentence of death.
warrants of execution of a sentence of death and any other
instruments
these death warrants back to the learned Sessions Judge pointing out that
the warrants were defective as the date and time of execution ... order on the execution warrant and the
date fixed or appointed in the warrant for the execution so that the
convict will have a reasonable
violation inasmuch
as the TADA Court on 30.04.2015 had issued death warrant directing
execution on 30.07.2015 while the curative petition was yet to be filed ... which suffers from
incurable procedural illegality and warrants quashment of the death
warrant. They have placed heavy reliance on Shatrughan Chauhan & Anr. vs.
Union
