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| Delhi raid plotter wants clemency | Delhi raid plotter wants clemency |
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| A man facing execution for helping militants in an attack on the Indian parliament in 2001 will file a mercy petition to the President APJ Kalam. | A man facing execution for helping militants in an attack on the Indian parliament in 2001 will file a mercy petition to the President APJ Kalam. |
| Mohammed Afzal's wife has already filed a mercy plea with the president. | Mohammed Afzal's wife has already filed a mercy plea with the president. |
| The execution of Afzal, due on Friday at Delhi's Tihar jail, has been deferred until the president takes a decision, officials say. | |
| Now Afzal will file a petition "personally" to the president, his lawyer Nandita Haksar told the BBC. | Now Afzal will file a petition "personally" to the president, his lawyer Nandita Haksar told the BBC. |
| There were violent protests in Indian-administered Kashmir police last month against the court order to hang Afzal, a Kashmiri man. | There were violent protests in Indian-administered Kashmir police last month against the court order to hang Afzal, a Kashmiri man. |
| Ms Haskar said Afzal may be filing his mercy petition by next week. | Ms Haskar said Afzal may be filing his mercy petition by next week. |
| An official of the Indian interior ministry said Afzal "cannot be executed on Friday" as it was going through the mercy petition handed over to the ministry by the president's office. | An official of the Indian interior ministry said Afzal "cannot be executed on Friday" as it was going through the mercy petition handed over to the ministry by the president's office. |
| According to Indian laws, any mercy plea filed to the president is routed to the interior ministry and then to the federal cabinet of ministers. | According to Indian laws, any mercy plea filed to the president is routed to the interior ministry and then to the federal cabinet of ministers. |
| The cabinet then conveys its recommendations to the president. | The cabinet then conveys its recommendations to the president. |
| Although the president is not bound to follow the cabinet's recommendations, he can act on the petition only after receiving them. | Although the president is not bound to follow the cabinet's recommendations, he can act on the petition only after receiving them. |
| Lawyers say a convict facing death sentence cannot be hanged till his or her mercy petition is rejected. | Lawyers say a convict facing death sentence cannot be hanged till his or her mercy petition is rejected. |
| Acquittal | Acquittal |
| Afzal, 39, is due to be hanged on 20 October in Tihar Jail in Delhi. | Afzal, 39, is due to be hanged on 20 October in Tihar Jail in Delhi. |
| Afzal's wife has already submitted a mercy plea to the president | Afzal's wife has already submitted a mercy plea to the president |
| His conviction was upheld in a ruling by the Supreme Court last year. | His conviction was upheld in a ruling by the Supreme Court last year. |
| If Mr Afzal is executed, he will be the second Kashmiri to be hanged for separatist activities. | If Mr Afzal is executed, he will be the second Kashmiri to be hanged for separatist activities. |
| In 1984, the founder leader of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front, Mohammad Maqbool Bhat, was hanged on charges of killing an Indian intelligence official. | In 1984, the founder leader of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front, Mohammad Maqbool Bhat, was hanged on charges of killing an Indian intelligence official. |
| The Supreme Court did, however, reduce the death penalty handed down to a second man, Shaukat Hussain, to 10 years in jail on appeal. | The Supreme Court did, however, reduce the death penalty handed down to a second man, Shaukat Hussain, to 10 years in jail on appeal. |
| Two other two accused in the case, SAR Geelani and Afsan Guru, were acquitted due to lack of evidence. | Two other two accused in the case, SAR Geelani and Afsan Guru, were acquitted due to lack of evidence. |
| Five gunmen shot dead nine people in the parliament grounds, before being killed in December 2001. | Five gunmen shot dead nine people in the parliament grounds, before being killed in December 2001. |
| India blamed the attack on the Jaish-e-Mohammed militant group, which it said was backed by Pakistan. | India blamed the attack on the Jaish-e-Mohammed militant group, which it said was backed by Pakistan. |
| Pakistan denied involvement in the attack but relations between the two countries seriously deteriorated in the following months. | Pakistan denied involvement in the attack but relations between the two countries seriously deteriorated in the following months. |