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Supreme Court of India 2020-03-19 dismissed

MUKESH vs STATE OF NCT OF DELHI

Bench: 3 — R. Banumathi, Ashok Bhushan, A.S. Bopanna

In Brief

Mukesh, a convicted criminal, filed a writ petition under Article 32 challenging his conviction on grounds of improper evidence consideration, his co-accused's suicide in prison, and arrest irregularity. The Supreme Court dismissed the petition, holding that after the accused had exhausted all remedies—including trial conviction, appellate review, High Court affirmation, review petition, curative petition, and presidential mercy rejection—a writ petition could not be entertained to re-litigate the same merits. The Court found no grounds to exercise its extraordinary jurisdiction.

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Constitutional Law Criminal Law Article 32 Writ Petition Conviction Appeal Mercy Petition

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