Today, the Allahabad High Court quashed and set aside a 2019 order of the State Government by which a convict, who was granted a life imprisonment sentence in two criminal cases, was granted.
Gujarat government on Monday defended in Supreme Court its decision to release the 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang-rape case in accordance with the 1992 remission policy since they had completed more than 14 years in prison and their conduct was found to be good.
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The top court was hearing a suo motu public interest litigation (PIL) that it had initiated to devise a policy strategy for granting bail in cases where appeals of trial court convictions have been long pending.