The Supreme Court has stayed the execution of death sentence awarded to a court-martialed Army Man on his wife plea that he has been languishing in jail without parole for 27 years.Lance Naik Devendra Nath Rai was sentenced to death in court-martial proceedings, finding him guilty of the murder of two Army personnel and for attempting murder of two others. After the Central Government...
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