DNA Special: As Shabnam's son seeks mercy, will his appeal be heard? - Will Shabnam be forgiven on the son's appeal or will the judgment of the law remain intact?
Highlights
The case belongs to the Amroha district of Uttar Pradesh where a girl named Shabnam had killed all 7 people of her family because she wanted to marry her boyfriend. Shabnam felt that if she killed her family she will be able to get married and the property will also be in her name.
Justice delayed is justice denied all of us have heard this but in DNA show on Monday our report will make you question if justice delayed can be considered true justice after all. Even after the delay of years, if the court gives the right verdict still many lives are affected due to the delay. Today we will tell you about a mother who has been sentenced to death and post-independence in India, Shabnam is likely to be the first woman to be hanged. Meanwhile, her innocent son is demanding the right of his mother.
Shabnam, a death row convict in the Amroha murder case, has filed a fresh mercy petition before UP Governor Anandiben Patel. Her mercy petition came while preparations are underway at the Mathura Jail to execute her. The Amroha woman was found guilty of murdering seven members of her family.
UPDATED: February 19, 2021 21:18 IST
Shabnam s 12-year-old son Taj Mohammad has made an emotional appeal to President Ram Nath Kovind urging him to forgive his mother`s heinous crime and revoke her death sentence.
Following the confirmation of the death sentence to Shabnam, the first woman to be hanged in independent India, her 12-year-old son Taj Mohammed has again appealed to the President of India, seeking clemency for his mother.
Taj Mohammed, who was separated from his mother after she was sent to jail, has lived in a children s home since then but misses his mother, who is to be hanged later this month at the Mathura district jail.
Shabnam mercy petition: Son's emotional plea for mercy from President Kovind - Shabman joined hands with her lover Salim to kill seven of her own family members with an axe in April 2008.