New Delhi: One of the four Nirbhaya gang rape convicts, who are scheduled to be hanged on Jan. 22, moved a mercy plea before President Ram Nath Kovind to set aside the death sentence issued against him. The convict Mukesh Kumar also filed a mercy petition before the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi.

He also moved the Delhi High Court to set aside the death warrant issued by a trial court. This hearing is scheduled for Wednesday before a bench of Justices Manmohan and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal.

The petition, filed through advocate Vrinda Grover, seeks setting aside of the January 7 order issuing the warrant of his execution.