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Mercy petitions - Extraordinary delay in disposing of mercy petition by the office of President - with out the fault of accused are entitled for commutation of death sentence in to life and whether the accused has to prove his sorrow before getting commutation due to delay in president office - Apex court held that Delay itself is enough to say the sorrowful conditions of the accused - no positive proof is necessary and apart from the accused pleaded the same in their letters too - Apex court allowed the petitions = V. Sriharan @ Murugan .... Petitioner (s) Versus Union of India & Ors. .... Respondent(s) = 2014 ( Feb.Part) judis.nic.in/supremecourt/filename=41228