New Delhi, Aug. 24 -- Supreme Court closes case

Convict Rasik Chandra Mondal, 105, can now live as a free man as the Supreme Court on Friday made final its earlier order granting bail to him in a 1988 murder case.

Born in 1920 in West Bengal's Malda district, Mondal was convicted in 1994 at the age of 68 in the murder case and was in jail till Nov. 29, 2024, when the Top Court granted him bail.

On Friday, a Bench, comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V. Mohana, said that, having regard to the age of the petitioner, it was closing the case and waiving the remaining sentence, if any, in the matter.

Even if the life sentence is not over, he will not be taken back in custody, the CJI said and made the inter...