Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi: The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the release of all those convicted of the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi from jail. The court has ordered the release of six people, including the convicts Nalini Sriharan and RP Ravichandran, who are serving life sentences.

Supreme Court directs release of six accused including Nalini and RP Ravichandran, serving life imprisonment in connection with the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. pic.twitter.com/nguZY99Svc

— ANI (@ANI) November 11, 2022 Nalini Sriharan and R.K. The premature release of P. Ravichandran was ordered on Friday. Both had approached the apex court seeking their premature release, which was heard today.

Judge B. R. Gavai and Judge B. V. Nagarathna said that one of the accused in the case, A.K. Yes. The earlier judgment of the apex court in Perarivalan’s case is applicable in both of these cases as well. In exercise of the power conferred under Article-142 of the Constitution, the Supreme Court 18 May had ordered the release of Perarivalan, who 30 had completed the prison sentence of more than one year.

Let’s discuss here that 21 May 21 The night Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated during an election meeting in Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu. A female suicide bomber named Dhanu was used for this.

The Supreme Court has today directed the release of six accused, including Nalini and RP Ravichandran, who are serving life sentences. The court, in its decision, said that the release is being ordered because of the good conduct of the convicts in jail. Let us discuss here that earlier in the month of May, the Supreme Court had ordered the release of death row convicts as well.

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Fri, Nov 11, 2022, 1: 56 PM IST