The family of 1993 Bombay blasts convict Yakub Memon, who is scheduled to be hanged on July 30, pleaded mercy on Saturday.
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Yakub Memon challenged the apex court’s order arguing that legal procedure was overlooked in awarding him death penalty saying that the special TADA (Terrorists and Disruptive Activities (Prevention)) court, which ordered him death warrant in 2007, did so before he could exhaust all his legal options.
The entire process of execution is likely to be completed in two hours.
Yakub has also mentioned in his essay that how the Constitution of India has done away with the British communal policies, cutting down the communal gaps in the nation.
Once the execution is completed, as per the Supreme Court guidelines, the dead body will be handed over to his family after post-mortem. The President had earlier rejected his mercy petition.
The ropes for the snooze and the execution platform are being checked properly.
“There was no question of changing the plan to hang Memon on July 30”.
However, a police source said that the ADG was likely to camp here for a couple of days to ensure foolproof arrangements. These last-minute changes can be made citing safety and security reasons by informing court and in consultation with the state government.
Both have been on the run since 1993 and Yakub Memon is the only one of the 11 convicted to have had his death sentence upheld on appeal.
The findings of the study, which were released in the wake of Supreme Court rejecting Yakub’s mercy petition, pointed out that more than 75 per cent of death row convicts in the country belonged to the Backward Classes and Minorities, 75 per cent were economically vulnerable and over 93 per cent of those sentenced for terror crimes were either Dalits or belonged to minority communities.
Stage was set for the hanging of the serial bombings accused after the Supreme Court dismissed a curative petition.
Memon had moved the apex court yesterday seeking stay of execution of his death sentence on the ground that all legal remedies have not been exhausted.
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Memon, in his plea, had claimed he was suffering from schizophrenia since 1996 and remained behind the bars for almost 20 years. The premier law institute, National Law University has filed a case which will be heard by the Supreme Court on Monday (July 27).
