NEW DELHI: Days after gangster-turned-politician Anand Mohan came out of jail after the Bihar government remitted his sentence in the murder case of IAS officer G Krishnaiah, the wife of the slain bureaucrat moved the Supreme Court challenging the decision.
Anand Mohan was released on April 27, after spending 15 years, nine months and 25 days in jail. In order to pave the way for his release, the state government amended Rule 481 (1-a) of the Bihar Prison Manual, 2012, which said anyone sentenced for the murder of a “government servant on duty” was not eligible for remission.
Uma Krishnaiah has contended that the sentence of life imprisonment awarded to the gangster-turned-politician meant incarceration for his entire natural course of life and it cannot be mechanically interpreted to last just 14 years in cases in which death sentence has been commuted to life imprisonment. The state government’s decision to amend the law to allow remission of sentence has stirred a political controversy in the state and it is being alleged that the decision was taken with a aim to get political gains and to get support from the community he belongs to.
Anand Mohan was released on April 27, after spending 15 years, nine months and 25 days in jail. In order to pave the way for his release, the state government amended Rule 481 (1-a) of the Bihar Prison Manual, 2012, which said anyone sentenced for the murder of a “government servant on duty” was not eligible for remission.
Uma Krishnaiah has contended that the sentence of life imprisonment awarded to the gangster-turned-politician meant incarceration for his entire natural course of life and it cannot be mechanically interpreted to last just 14 years in cases in which death sentence has been commuted to life imprisonment. The state government’s decision to amend the law to allow remission of sentence has stirred a political controversy in the state and it is being alleged that the decision was taken with a aim to get political gains and to get support from the community he belongs to.