Allahabad HC Quashes UP Govt's 'Stereotype' Order Refusing Premature Release Benefit To Convict Who Spent 25 Yrs In Jail

Sparsh Upadhyay

11 July 2024 3:13 PM IST

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Allahabad HC Quashes UP Govts Stereotype Order Refusing Premature Release Benefit To Convict Who Spent 25 Yrs In Jail

On Wednesday, the Allahabad High Court quashed the Uttar Pradesh government's order denying the benefit of premature release to a 79-year-old convict who had already served 25 years in jail, including remission. Criticizing the government's order as "stereotyped" and lacking individual consideration, a bench of Justice Siddharth and Justice Syed Qamar Hasan Rizvi directed the...

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Allahabad High Court Premature Release Premature release of convict Premature Release of Prisoners Uttar Pradesh government Rashidul Jafar @ Chota v. State of U.P. And Anr. 2022 LiveLaw (SC) 754 UP Prisoners Release on Probation Act 1938 Justice Siddharth and Justice Syed Qamar Hasan Rizvi Justice Siddharth Justice Syed Qamar Hasan Rizvi Munna vs. State Of Up. And 3 Others 2024 LiveLaw (AB) 432 2024 LiveLaw (AB) 432