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NEW DELHI: The Delhi HC has overturned the Sentence Review Board's (SRB) rejection of a premature release plea by Santosh Kumar Singh, convicted for the 1996 rape and murder of law student Priyadarshini Mattoo. Justice Sanjeev Narula noted signs of Singh's reformation during incarceration and highlighted the SRB's failure to conduct a psychological assessment. "The matter is being remitted to the SRB for reconsideration," the Court ruled, issuing guidelines for future early release reviews. Si ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Boosting his chances of securing premature release, Delhi high court Tuesday noted "demonstrable indicators of reformation" in Santosh Kumar Singh, convicted in the 1996 rape and murder case of DU law student Priyadarshini Mattoo.Deciding a batch of petitions by murder convicts, including Singh, challenging the rejection of their plea for remission, HC asked the Sentence Review Board (SRB) to consider their applications afresh in next four months.Justice Sanjeev Narula outlined "an el ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 1 (PTI) The Delhi High Court on Tuesday set aside the decision refusing the premature release of the convict serving life term for the rape and murder of law student Priyadarshini Mattoo in 1996, saying the convict's reformative conduct was not considered. The high court said it found an element of reformation in convict Santosh Kumar Singh and referred the matter back to the sentence review board (SRB) to consider afresh his plea for premature release. "No effort was made to ev ...Read More >
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