Sukhdev Pehalwan, convicted in the 2002 Nitish Katara murder case, must be released from prison because he has finished his 20-year sentence, the Supreme Court said Tuesday morning.
The top court said a convict given a fixed-term life sentence – such as Pehalwan – must be released after completion of the prescribed period. The court also said there is no need for a remission order, as is required in cases of convicts sentenced to spend their full lives in prison
The court also expressed concern over others who might still be in jail despite having completed their sentence, and directed that all those who had served their term be released immediately.
"If this attitude continues, every convict will die in jail…" a bench of Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice KV Vishwanathan said as they questioned the decision to keep Pehalwan in jail.
The court, in fact, had ordered the release of Sukhdev Pehalwan, whose real name is Sukhdev Yadav, on July 29. But the Sentence Review Board then cited his conduct and blocked that release.
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