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A convict under the sentence of death or his legal heir or any other relative may, if he has not…

All three alternatives describe notices covered by section 472(1). The thirty-day period may run from notice of the Supreme Court’s dismissal of the appeal, review or…

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A convict under the sentence of death or his legal heir or any other relative may, if he has not already submitted a petition for mercy, file a mercy petition under Section 472 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, before the President of India under Article 72 or the Governor of the State under Article 161 of the Constitution within a period of thirty days from the date on which the Superintendent of the jail.

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All three alternatives describe notices covered by section 472(1). The thirty-day period may run from notice of the Supreme Court’s dismissal of the appeal, review or special-leave request, or from notice of High Court confirmation after the time for a Supreme Court appeal or special leave has expired. The trigger is the jail superintendent’s communication of the specified procedural event.

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