The petitioner then filed a Mercy Petition to the President of India on 8 10 1978 which has been pending for the last four and a half years.
We adjourned this writ petition from time to time in the hope that, at least for the reason that the petitioner has once again approached this Court, the Government of India will expedite its processes and dispose of the Mercy Petition early.
The High Court having companyfirmed the order of companyviction and sentence, the petitioner filed a special leave petition in this Court which was dismissed on August 16,1978.
V. Chandrachud, C.J. This case makes both a sorry and amazing reading.
The petitioner was companyvicted under Section 302 Indian Penal Code by the learned District and Sessions Judge, Manjeri, and was sentenced to death on 30 6 1977.
