How The Poems Written By A Death Convict Helped Him To Save From The Gallows?

Ashok Kini

28 Feb 2019 11:36 AM IST

  • How The Poems Written By A Death Convict Helped Him To Save From The Gallows?

    "From the poems, written by him in the jail, it appears that he has realised his mistake which was committed by him at the time when he was of young age and that he is reformative."

    The Supreme Court commuted death penalty of a kidnap cum murder convict, who was just 22 years of age at the time of occurrence. The bench comprising of Justice AK Sikri, Justice S. Abdul Nazeer and Justice MR Shah, particularly took note of the poems written by Dnyaneshwar while he was in jail and observed that these poems show that he has realised his mistake and has reformed.Dnyaneshwar...

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