Lucknow: Death row convict recordsdata contemporary mercy plea earlier than Governor

A 35-year-old loss of life row convict has filed a contemporary mercy petition, months after the Rampur jail administration despatched a letter to the district courtroom in Amroha searching for a loss of life warrant towards her.
The jail administration had sought a loss of life warrant towards Shabnam after the Supreme Court rejected her evaluate petition in January final yr.
The loss of life sentences of Shabnam, who was instructor within the Amroha district, and her lover Saleem have been upheld by the Supreme Court in May 2015 for killing seven members of her household, together with her 10-month-old nephew.

Shabnam is lodged at Rampur district jail after she was transferred from Moradabad in July, 2019.
Rampur District Jail Superintendent P D Salonia mentioned, “I got Shabnam’s mercy petition, which is addressed to Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel. I will send the mercy petition to UP government’s Home Department, which will forward it to the Governor. I got the petition from Shabnam’s lawyer who had visited the jail yesterday.”
Salonia added, “Last year, after obtaining the Supreme Court judgment rejecting Shabnam’s review petition, I sent a letter to Amroha court seeking a direction in the matter. I sent another petition to Amroha court through a special messenger last month, seeking a death warrant against Shabnam. In the petition, I mentioned that Shabnam’s review petition was rejected in January last year.”
Sources mentioned the Prison Department is making ready Shabnam’s case particulars, which will probably be despatched to the Amroha courtroom. The case particulars comprise all courtroom judgments and different proceedings, together with mercy petitions.

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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.
Holding levels of double MA in English and geography, Shabnam used to show on the village major college. She had sought pardon on the grounds that she has obligations in the direction of her son Taj, who was born contained in the jail and was on the time staying together with her, mentioned a jail official. She additionally claimed to be harmless and said that his household was killed over property dispute, he added.
In August 2015, Taj was handed over to Shabnam’s good friend Usman Saifi for foster care – the jail guide mandates that girls inmates can not preserve youngsters after they flip six. {A photograph} is doing the rounds on social media, through which Taj is seen holding a board, searching for pardon for his mom from the President.

Saleem is lodged in Prayagraj’s Naini jail and his mercy petition is pending with the President of India, mentioned a jail official.
Shabnam and Saleem have been arrested on April 19, 2008 – 4 days after they killed Shabnam’s father Shaukat Ali (55), mom Hashmi (50), elder brother Anees (35), Anees’s spouse Anjum (25), youthful brother Rashid (22), cousin Rabia (14), and 10-month-old son of Anjum and Anees.