Dhananjoy Chatterjee, sentenced to death for raping and murdering a 14-year-old girl in Kolkata in 1990, is likely to move the Supreme Court in appeal once again.
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Just hours after news came in that Chatterjee's
clemency plea has been rejected by President A P J Abdul Kalam, the convict's lawyer, Sekhar Basu, said he will move a petition in the Supreme Court under Article 32
of the Constitution.
Article 32 deals with the right to move the Supreme Court for enforcement of a fundamental right.
"Notwithstanding the Presidential decision, there has been inordinate delay in the matter and as such Dhananjoy Chatterjee deserves commutation of his sentence," Basu told
PTI.
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