Nirbhaya convicts Akshay Singh and Pawan Gupta approach Delhi court seeking stay on March 3 execution order

Akshay Singh and Pawan Gupta, two of the convicts involved in the gangrape and murder case of Nirbhaya have approached Delhi court seeking a stay on March 3 execution order. All the four convicts are to be hanged on March 3. Pawan Gupta filed a curative petition in the Supreme Court of India on Friday. In his plea, Pawan sought his death sentence to be commuted to a life imprisonment sentence.