SC adjourns hearing on plea challenging early release of Bihar ex-MP Anand Mohan Singh to Feb’ 24

NoneSC adjourns hearing on plea challenging early release of Bihar ex-MP AnanMohan Singh to Feb 24 New Delhi, November 03 : The Supreme Court on Friday adjourned hearing on a plea filed by the widoof slain IAS officer G.Krishnaiah challenging the premature release oformer Bihar MP Anand Mohan Singh.

A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Dipankar Datta posted the matter fofurther hearing on February 06, 2024.

In an earlier hearing held on September 26, the top court could not take uthe matter for hearing due to paucity of time and decided to take it up ithe first week of November.Gangster-turned-politician Anand Mohan was released from the Saharsa jaifollowing an amendment in Bihars prison rules.

The petition, filed by widow of slain bureaucrat, alleged that the statgovernment amended the 2012 Bihar Prison Manual with retrospective effecin order to ensure that Anand Mohan is granted the benefit of remission.The Bihar government has defended his release by saying that the benefit oamended remission policy was extended in other cases as well, adding thathe amendment sought to remove the discrimination on the basis of status oa victim.

In 1994, Krishnaiah, then District Magistrate of Gopalganj, was beaten tdeath by a mob when his vehicle tried to overtake the funeral procession ogangster Chhotan Shukla.The mob was instigated by Anand Mohan Singh.

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