During the hearing, advocate Rishi Malhotra, appearing for the petitioners, told the bench that on March 14 last year, the Supreme Court ordered the authority to consider the premature release of both the petitioners within three months as per the August 1, 2018 policy. Was.
New Delhi:
The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the DG (Prisons) of Uttar Pradesh. In this notice, despite the order of the court, it has been said not to consider the premature release of two prisoners who have been in jail for almost two decades. During the hearing of the matter, a bench headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud asked the Director General (Prisons) to present his stand on the contempt petition filed by Mohammad Nurula and Alok Mishra.
During the hearing, advocate Rishi Malhotra, appearing for the petitioners, told the bench that on March 14 last year, the Supreme Court ordered the authority to consider the premature release of both the petitioners within three months as per the August 1, 2018 policy. Was. Malhotra said that even after so many days their applications for premature release have not been considered. Please tell that Mohammad Nurula is in Varanasi jail for almost 21 years while Alok Mishra is locked in Fatehgarh jail for almost 22 years.
On March 14 last year, this Court directed the respondent, the State of UP, to consider the petitioners’ case for premature release within a period of three months. However, most of the 48 petitioners have been granted release, The rest of the cases were not considered. Subsequently, in a contempt petition, the court had passed an order on 21st October 2022 to consider the matters in 6 weeks. Despite this, the order given could not be followed.
Let us tell you that earlier, the court had issued strict instructions to the Director General of Prisons, Uttar Pradesh to take all necessary steps to ensure that. The court had said that applications for premature release or exemption in any other case should be duly considered. It had also sought an affidavit from the DG Jail. In which it was asked whether the state has complied with the 2022 decision, in which it was directed to consider premature release of some prisoners in line with the 2018 policy.
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