By means of the decision on his mercy petition additional room, the Parliament attack sentenced Afzal Guru has moved an request in the Supreme Court seeking early removal of the case, said separation was worse than demise.
Afzal has moved a request in the lead the court in March seeking an early decision on his mercy petition which is pending with the government over the past four years, said his lawyer ND Pancholi.
During his final gathering with Afzal last week in Tihar jail, told PTI Pancholi that the captive had told him that he was "facing now is worse than death."
The condemned prisoner said he was "tired of separation" and "delay" in the choice on his mercy petition, "said Pancholi.
Pancholi said Afzal sent his ask for through jail officials in March after his first plea, sent for myself in January was returned begged him to move toward through proper channel.
"Afzal's claim is that he be sentence to death and not isolate. He has said that the delay does not help him, and a choice must be taken as quickly as possible," the lawyer said, adding his client was very "disturbed" about the delay in taking a choice.
"He says its better that he is hanging. He said that he would be hanged, and he is ready. For him incommunicado custody does not help him," Pancholi said.
Afzal had also requested that he switched to a prison in Jammu and Kashmir, so his family can meet him.
His mercy appeal has come into the spotlight after 16 reminder of the Union home ministry in Delhi administration request to send its reply to his appeal.
The Delhi government last week sent his views on his mercy appeal to file the Lieutenant Governor Tejendar Khanna
with observations that it had no objections to the hanging, but
influence on law and order is essential to remember.
Guru were awarded death verdict by a court of Delhi, December 18, 2002 after being found guilty of conspiracy to attack Parliament, December 13, 2001, waging war against the state and murder.
The death sentence was upheld by the Delhi High Court 29 October, 2003, and his appeal was rejected by the Supreme Court two years later on 4 August 2005.
A court session also fixed the date of his hanging on 20 October 2006 in Tihar jail.
After this, Afzal filed a mercy petition with the President, who forwarded it to the European Union residence ministry for his commentary.
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