SC questions Bihar govt's move to grant remission to former MP
New Delhi, July 17 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday questioned the Bihar government's decision to grant remission to former Bihar MP Anand Mohan in the 1994 murder of IAS officer G Krishnaiah, observing that "every dice was loaded in his favour" to secure his release.
Reserving its order on a petition filed by Krishnaiah's widow Umadevi challenging the remission, a bench of justices Dipankar Datta and Sheel Nagu said the state appeared to have amended its remission rules to benefit a single individual. "You do not bring about an amendment to facilitate any individual. Fourteen days after the amendment, he was released. There is something called rule of law in this country," it said.
Under the 2002 Bihar Prison Manual, convicts sentenced for...
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