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Musharraf pleaded not guilty and has always claimed that the charges against him are politically motivated.

The execution of convicts in Nirbhaya case may be carried out soon. 23-year-old girl was brutally gang raped in Delhi on 16th December, 2012.

According to new provisions, the investigation is completed within seven working days if there is 'adequate conclusive evidence'. The new law also states trial must be completed within 14 working days, thus reducing the total judgment time to 21 working days.

Arrangements for the execution of four rapists convicted in 2012 Nirbhaya case have begun at Tihar Jail

Akshay Singh, who had not filed the review plea earlier with the other three convicts, has now moved the apex court with a petition asking to spare him from the death penalty.

The 23-year-old Unnao rape victim died on Friday night after hours of fighting at the Safdarjung Hospital, Delhi.

The jail authorities had informed the Nirbhaya gangrape case convicts that they had exhausted all legal remedies

In December 2012, a 23-year old Nirbhaya was brutally gang-raped by 5 men in a moving vehicle in Delhi

Around 80 per cent of the teenager's body was burnt. After fighting for her life for five days, Nusrat succumbed to her injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on April 10.

The Catholic Church is against the death penalty for any crimes, Bishop Jose Chittooparampil said.