All the convicts of Rajiv Gandhi's assassination will come out of jail, the Supreme Court ordered
The Supreme Court has ordered the release of convicts Nalini Sriharan and RP Ravichandran, who are serving life sentences.
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Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi: The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the release of all those convicted of the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi from jail. The court has ordered the release of six people, including the convicts Nalini Sriharan and RP Ravichandran, who are serving life sentences.
Premature release
Nalini Sriharan and R.K., who are serving life sentences in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case on behalf of the Supreme Court. The premature release of P. Ravichandran was ordered on Friday. Both had approached the apex court seeking their premature release, which was heard today.
what did the bench say
Judge B. R. Gavai and Judge B. V. Nagarathna said that one of the accused in the case, A.K. Yes. The earlier judgment of the apex court in Perarivalan's case is applicable in both of these cases as well. In exercise of the power conferred under Article-142 of the Constitution, the Supreme Court had on May 18 ordered the release of Perarivalan, who had completed a prison sentence of more than 30 years.
Let us discuss here that on the night of 21 May 1991, Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated during an election meeting in Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu. A female suicide bomber named Dhanu was used for this.
six accused will be released
The Supreme Court today directed the release of six accused, including Nalini and RP Ravichandran, who are serving life sentences. The court, in its decision, said that the release is being ordered because of the good conduct of the convicts in jail. Let us discuss here that earlier in the month of May, the Supreme Court had also ordered the release of the death row convicts.