NEW DELHI: President Ramnath Kovind has dismissed the mercy plea of Vinay Kumar Sharm, one of the four death row convicts in Nirbhaya case.

Vinay Kumar Sharma had filed mercy petition before the President on January 29, his lawyer said. Advocate A.P. Singh, who represents Vinay, had filed the mercy petition with the President House.

“I have filed mercy petition for Vinay before the President. I have submitted it by hand,” Mr. Singh told PTI. The apex court has already rejected the curative petition of Vinay.

Before Vinay, another death row convict Mukesh Kumar Singh had filed the mercy plea which was rejected by the President on January 17.

The apex court on January 29 dismissed plea filed by Mukesh challenging the rejection of his mercy petition.