ORDER :

1. We have heard Dr. A.P. Singh, learned counsel appearing for the Akshay Kumar Singh-the convict.

2. In this writ petition filed under Article 32 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner challenges the order of rejection of his mercy petition by His Excellency the President of India, inter alia, on various grounds that the settled principles of consideration of mercy petition have not been followed.

3. The petitioner has earlier sent the mercy petition on 31.01.2020 and the same was incomplete. In this regard, the petitioner’s counsel had also sent a letter on 01.02.2020. The petitioner had again sent mercy petition on 18.03.2020 and the same came to be rejected by His Excellency the President of India on 19.03.2020.

4. In this writ petition filed under Article 32 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner has, inter alia, raised various grounds namely: (i) that there was miscarriage of justice in rejection of the mercy petition (ii) that the petitioner was kept in solitary confinement in violation of Sunil Batra vs. Delhi Administration & Ors. reported in (1978) 4 SCC 494 (iii) the petitioner has been tortured in the prison for which the petitioner has been given treatm