Allahabad HC Suspends Sentence Of Two Murder Convicts Amidst COVID-19 Outbreak [Read Orders]

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31 March 2020 7:19 PM IST

  • Allahabad HC Suspends Sentence Of Two Murder Convicts Amidst COVID-19 Outbreak [Read Orders]

    The Allahabad High Court on Monday temporarily suspended the sentence of two murder convicts on medical grounds, amidst the outbreak of COVID-19. Vide two separate orders, the division bench of Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice Siddhartha Varma said that the release of the two prisoners was "appropriate", given their susceptibility to contract infection. One of the...

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