Multiple Murder Cases: Amroha court docket holds determination on issuing dying warrant towards Shabnam

The Amroha district court docket has placed on maintain its determination on an utility filed by Rampur jail administration searching for issuance of a dying warrant towards 35-year-old dying row convict Shabnam.
Shabnam, who was a trainer in Amroha district, and her lover Saleem have been sentenced to dying for killing seven members of her household, together with her 10-month-old nephew in 2008.
The Rampur jail administration sought a dying warrant towards Shabnam after the Supreme Court rejected her evaluate petition in January final yr.
In May 2015, the Supreme Court had upheld the dying sentences awarded to Shabnam and Saleem.
District Government Counsel (Criminal) Mahaveer Singh stated that the district decide didn’t give a go forward with the jail administration’s utility as Shabnam has not exhausted her treatments for getting a pardon.
“The hearing took place on Tuesday. The district judge sought to know whether any judicial or administrative remedy for the convict is pending or not. The court was told that the second mercy petition is still pending and it has been sent to the Uttar Pradesh Governor and will also be sent to the President of India. The court did not issue an order on the application for a death warrant on the ground that Shabnam still has some legal remedies pending,” Singh stated on Wednesday.
A dying row convict can apply to the President twice for mercy, Singh added.
In 2015, Shabnam had despatched two separate mercy petitions to the President of India after which Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik. In 2016, the then UP Governor Naik had rejected her mercy petition.
Earlier this month, Shabnam had filed a recent mercy petition.
Shabnam was lodged at Rampur district jail after she was transferred from Moradabad in July, 2019. Saleem is lodged in Prayagraj’s Naini jail. His mercy petition is pending with the President of India.