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Apex court stays Veerappan aides' hanging, kin relieved
Monday February 18, 2013 08:22:31 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi/Chennai: The
Supreme Court Monday suspended till Wednesday the execution of
death sentence of the four aides of sandalwood smuggler Veerappan,
whose mercy petition was rejected Feb 12.
The apex court bench headed by Chief Justice Altamas Kabir
suspended the death sentence after senior counsel Colin Gonsalves
told the court this is a case that involves inordinate delay in
the carrying out of the death sentence.
Gonsalves said another bench of the apex court headed by Justice
G.S. Singhvi has already reserved judgment on the question of
whether, in a case where there is inordinate delay in deciding a
mercy petition, the convict is entitled to any relief or not.
Gonsalves told the court that the judgment was reserved eight
months back and its outcome would be applicable in the case of the
four Veerappan aides.
Opposing the plea, Attorney General G.E. Vahanvati said this was a
serious matter as it involves the killing of 20 police personnel
in a land mine blast, and came under the category of "rarest of
rare" cases.
The court will hear the matter Wednesday.
The president Feb 12 rejected the mercy petitions of Gnanprakasham,
Simon Antonyiappa, Meesekar Madaiah and Bilavendran, sentenced to
death for killing 22 people, including policemen, in a landmine
blast near Palar bridge on the Tamil Nadu-Karnataka border in
1993.
The mercy petitions were filed in 2004.
The convicts contend that given the long delay of nine years in
deciding their petition, they ought not be hanged.
Meanwhile, the kin of Madaiah said they were happy with the apex
court's order.
Speaking to IANS over phone, M. Paramasivam, son of Madaiah, said:
"This is comforting news. We hope the hanging is put off."
Paramasivam is a daily wage labourer living in a village in Salem
district.
Echoing him was his mother and Madaiah's wife M. Thangamma, who
told IANS: "We plan to visit him next week. The stay order gives
us hope."
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