New Delhi: The Supreme Court has stayed the execution of Nithari serial killings convict Surinder Koli for a week in a decision taken late on Sunday. Koli was to be hanged on September 12 in Meerut jail, where he has been kept in a high-security barrack.
An official of the apex court said that the plea in this regard was mentioned before the bench after midnight and the order was passed at 1:40 AM. The official said the order has been communicated to the jail authorities concerned.
Koli was to be hanged on September 12 in Meerut jail, where he has been kept in a high-security barrack. The application on behalf of 42-year-old Koli was movedby a team of lawyers led by senior advocate Indira Jaising.
In the order passed in the wee hours today, the bench said, “An application to review the order passed on July 24, 2014 in review petition (of Koli) is placed before us on September 8, 2014. In the application it is stated that execution of death warrant will take place at 5:30 AM on Monday, September 8, 2014.
For recalling and review of our order, the applicant (Koli) relies upon observation made by the Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court in the matter in which the verdict was passed on September 2, 2014,” it said. The court said, “Considering the urgency of the matter, we stay the execution of the death sentence of applicant/ petitioner for a period of one week from today.”
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