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New Delhi: The Supreme Court has sought review of its verdict acquitting three death row convicts in the gang rape and murder of a 19-year-old girl in Delhi’s Chhawla area in 2012. Agreed on Wednesday to set up a three-member bench to consider the police’s petition.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told a bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha and Justice JB Pardiwala that one of the accused who was acquitted by this court recently slit the throat of a person. “I am saying that all the acquitted accused are dreaded criminals, so we are requesting review of last year’s verdict,” Mehta said.
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He said that a three-judge bench headed by the then Chief Justice had given the verdict. Chief Justice Chandrachud then said that the court would constitute a bench, comprising himself and Justices S. Ravindra Bhat and Bela M. Trivedi, to hear the revision petition.
After this, Mehta requested the court to hear the revision petition in open court. On this, the bench said that a new bench will decide in this matter. The Chief Justice said, “When the new bench hears the matter, we will look into it.” All the three accused were acquitted on November 7 last year. (agency)
