Civil liberties body looks for relief for LeT found guilty on death row

The PUDR stated that sending out Mohammed Arif, who has actually now invested almost 22 years behind bars, to the gallows will serve no ethical function The PUDR stated that sending out Mohammed Arif, who has actually now invested almost 22 years behind bars, to the gallows will serve no ethical function Delhi-based civil liberties company People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) on Thursday requested commutation of the death sentence of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist Mohammed Arif alias Ashfaq, in addition to the abolition of death sentence. On November 3, the Supreme Court, for the 2nd time, dismissed a petition by death row found guilty Arif to examine the capital penalty granted to him in the 2000 Red Fort attack case. Intruders, consisting of Arif, had actually slipped into the Red Fort complex on the night of December 22, 2000, and opened fire on security workers. 3 soldiers were martyred in the attack. On Thursday, the PUDR stated that Arif has actually till now invested almost 22 years behind bars and sending him to the gallows will serve no ethical function besides validate the “cruel nature” of India’s criminal justice system. In 2014, the peak court had actually acknowledged that excessive hold-up in getting rid of off the grace petition by the President can form the basis for commutation of capital punishment, t
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