Project39A has lamented the rejection of terrorist Arif Mohammed’s mercy plea by President Murmu and highlighted how this is the second mercy plea declined by President Murmu.
The new Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita sets time limits for deciding mercy petitions, ensuring no commutations citing inordinate delays
Amit Shah said, "If a person commits terrorist activity, goes to jail, and then says that he does not believe that he has done anything wrong - and we have mercy on that person? I do not agree with this."
The order by a Delhi court comes after President Ram Nath Kovind had rejected the mercy petition of Pawan Gupta, one of the convicts in the Nirbhaya case.