West Bengal moves SC against TADA convict's premature release

New Delhi: West Bengal government has petitioned SC, challenging a Delhi High Court direction allowing the premature release of a life-term convict in the 1993 Kolkata (Bowbazar) blast case.

The state's counsel mentioned the matter before a bench headed by CJI Surya Kant for urgent listing. The counsel submitted that the state's Sentence Review Board had recommended against the release of the convict, Md Rashid Khan, who was convicted under the Terrorist and Disruptive Acts Prevention Act. The bench agreed to list the matter.

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On June 5, Delhi High Court allowed a petition filed by Khan who had spent over 33 years in prison. The high court considered the petitioner's long incarceration, prison conduct and the reformative philosophy for the premature release.