Indian president rejects mercy plea of rapist killer
PTI, New Delhi
The mercy petition of Dhananjoy Chatterjee, sentenced to death for raping and murdering a school girl, has been rejected by President APJ Abdul Kalam.The mercy petition was sent by the Home Ministry for the President's consideration about a month back. This was Dhananjoy's second mercy petition before the President. His first one was rejected on June 23, 1994. Chatterjee was sentenced to death, for rape and murder of a school girl in Kolkata in 1990, on August 12, 1991. The execution order was confirmed by a division bench of the Calcutta High Court comprising Justice MK Mukherjee and Justice JN Hore on August 7, 1992. The convict moved the Supreme Court and his appeal was dismissed by a division bench comprising Justice AS Anand and Justice NP Singh on January 11, 1994.
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