The Delhi High Court has ordered the premature release of a life Convict Asif alias Naeem, who is lodged in jail in Bangladesh. He is a Bangladeshi National who was repatriated to Bangaladesh in 2021.
The Delhi High Court has set aside the order of the Sentence Review Board (SRB) and ordered the premature release of Ex-President Guard from the custody after 23 years. The President Guard Harpreet Singh was convicted in the infamous Buddha Jayanti Garden Gang rape case and was serving a
Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath directed officials to frame a transparent and humane policy for premature release of sick, elderly, and disabled prisoners, excluding convicts of heinous crimes. A statewide survey and automatic review of eligible cases were proposed.
Brother of Priyadarshini Mattoo and a group of concerned citizens have written to Delhi Home Minister Ashish Sood urging him to reject any reconsideration of life convict Santosh Kumar Singh's release from prison following Delhi High Court setting aside the order of Delhi government's Sen
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday overturned the Sentence Review Board's rejection of life convict Santosh Kumar Singh's premature release plea in the Priyadarshini Mattoo murder case, directing a fresh review. Singh's death sentence was commuted in 2010.
The court also noted that there is no specific or general rule in the Delhi Prison Rules requiring a convict to have been previously released on parole or furlough as a prerequisite for the Sentence Review Board to recommend premature release.
The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a review petition of the Gujarat government seeking to expunge certain remarks made against the government for its conduct with regard to the premature release of the 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case.
In accordance with statutory provisions, Delhi's Home Minister Kailash Gahlot chaired a meeting of the Sentence Review Board (SRB) on February 23, 2024, and recommended the premature release of 14 convicts from prison, after which on Tuesday the proposal for the premature release of these 14
The Supreme Court on Wednesday extended its earlier order, staying the premature release of gangster-turned-politician Arun Gawli, serving life imprisonment in a murder case.
In the meeting, SRB has considered a total of 92 cases and 14 cases have been recommended for premature release of convicts from prison. The proposal has been submitted to the Lieutenant Governor for approval.