Veerappan Associates

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  9 Veerappan Aides Acquitted In 2000 Kidnapping Of Kannada Actor Rajkumar

  Eighteen years after late Kannada superstar Rajkumar was kidnapped by sandalwood smuggler Veerappan, his nine associates involved in the abduction were acquitted by a Tamil Nadu court today.

• Supreme Court commutes 15 death sentences due to delays

  The Supreme Court will today decide whether a delay in deciding on mercy petitions justifies commuting a convict's death sentence to life.

• Re-consider seven death sentences in Tamil Nadu along with Bhullar's: Karunanidhi to Centre

  DMK chief M Karunanidhi has asked the Centre to reconsider the death sentence awarded to three people in the Rajiv Gandhi Assassination case and four associates of sandalwood dacoit Veerappan, all currently lodged in Tamil Nadu jails.

• Hanging of four Veerappan associates stayed for now by Supreme Court

  The Supreme Court has said that four members of sandalwood smuggler Veerappan's gang, who have been on death row for years, cannot be hanged for at least six weeks, till their case is decided by the Chief Justice of India.

• Supreme Court to hear petitions of four Veerappan aides today

  The Supreme Court will today take up the plea of four associates of sandalwood bandit Veerappan who are on death row at the Belgaum Central Jail in Karnataka.

• Supreme Court stays execution of four Veerappan aides till Wednesday

  The Supreme Court has said that four men from Karnataka members of notorious sandalwood smuggler Veerappan's gang, cannot be executed for now. Here are 10 big developments in this story:

• Veerappan's wife asks govt to stop execution of his associates, to hold protest

  V Muthulakshmi, the wife of sandalwood smuggler Veerappan, has requested the Tamil Nadu government to intervene and pass a resolution to stop the execution of four of his associates. President Pranab Mukherjee had rejected their mercy petitions last week.

• Families of Veerappan's aides facing execution say trial was unfair

  A tense atmosphere prevails at Maatili village in Karnataka, home to the four associates of late sandalwood smuggler Veerappan, whose mercy petitions have been rejected by President Pranab Mukherjee.

• Supreme Court refuses to hear Veerappan aides' petition urgently, says no proof their date of hanging fixed

  The Supreme Court has refused urgent hearing on the plea of four aides of sandalwood smuggler Veerappan seeking stay of execution of their death penalty reportedly fixed for Sunday, saying there was no proof about it.

• Supreme Court refuses to hear Veerappan associates' petition, says no proof their date of hanging fixed

  Four associates of notorious sandalwood smuggler Veerappan, whose mercy petitions have been rejected, today appealed in the Supreme Court against their hanging.

• Veerappan's associates to move Karnataka High Court against execution of death penalty

  Four associates of notorious sandalwood smuggler Veerappan, whose mercy petitions have been rejected by President Pranab Mukherjee, will move the Karnataka High Court against their execution, sources say. Their mercy pleas were rejected on February 13.

• 'They should be spared from execution', says Veerappan's widow

  The wife of notorious sandalwood smuggler Veerappan has urged the government that four associates of her husband, who are on death row in a landmine blast case, be spared from execution. The mercy petition of the four men has been rejected by President Pranab Mukherjee. They are expected to be executed in the next 14 days, sources have said.

• Mercy pleas of four Veerappan associates rejected by President Pranab Mukherjee: report

  The mercy pleas of sandalwood smuggler Veerapan's four associates, sentenced to death in a 1993 landmine blast case, have been rejected by President Pranab Mukherjee, a human rights activist said here today.