Nishka Srinivas Veluvali –
Published On: November 21, 2021 at 19:00 IST
With the view of Premature Release not the matter of Right to the Convicts and the life sentence meant the entire life of the Convict, the Madras High Court stated, ‘that any premature release can be carried out only by following the process of law that is entitlement of the administration.’
The Bench consisting of Justice S Vaidyanathan and G Jayachandran quashed the petition filed by K Mariammal requesting premature release of her husband K Moorthy, who was convicted for life in a Murder Case, Jailed for 17 years.
She claimed that her husband was privileged to before time release from the jail as per the 2018 GO, in which the government had taken the decision on the policy to release the prisoners based on their good conduct. The concerned government order enables life convicts who have completed 10 years of actual imprisonment as of 2018 to seek premature release. As a pre-condition, they should exhibit satisfactory behaviour and should have not been convicted and sentenced for an offence under the Central Acts.
Although, the state informed the Court that Moorthy was found Guilty for the major Offence under the charge of Section 302(murder) of IPC and Section of Explosives Substances Act, which is stated as Central Act.