Mother Of Malayali Nurse Sentenced To Death In Yemen Moves Delhi High Court Seeking Travel Permission To Negotiate 'Blood Money'

Mother of Nimisha Priya, an Indian citizen who killed a Yemen national and has been sentenced to death there, has moved the Delhi High Court seeking permission to travel to the foreign country to negotiate with the victim’s family by paying blood money.

Justice Subramonium Prasad sought response of the Union Government and directed it to file a status report in the matter.

The mother has sought permission to travel to Yemen despite the travel ban for Indian nationals to travel to the foreign country.

It is her case that the only way to save her daughter from the gallows is to negotiate with the family of the deceased by paying blood money for which she has to travel to Yemen. However, she is unable to do so due to the travel ban on Indian nationals.

On March 7, 2022, an appellate court in Yemen dismissed the appeal filed by Nimisha Priya, who was sentenced to death for the murder of Talal Abdo Mahdi in the year 2017.

Nimisha allegedly injected him with sedatives to retrieve her passport that was in his possession. Nimisha had allegedly abuse and torture by Mahdi.

Last year, a coordinate bench had disposed of a petition seeking directions to the Centre to facilitate negotiations with the victim's family and save Priya from capital punishment by paying blood money in accordance with the Yemen law.

Later, an appeal against the single judge order was dismissed by a division bench.

Counsel for Petitioner: Mr. Subhash Chandran and Ms. Krishna L.R., Advocates

Counsel for Respondents: Mr. Pavan Narang, SPC with Mr. Shaurya Rai, GP and Mr. Himanshu Sethi, Ms. Aishwarya Chhabra, Advocates

Title: PREMAKUMARI v. UNION OF INDIA & ANR

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