Governor returns file on convicts’ early release
CHENNAI, OCTOBER 27, 2018 00:00 IST
State to resend file saying there was neither motive nor conspiracy in the killings
Governor Banwarilal Purohit has sent back for “reconsideration” the State government’s proposal recommending premature release of three life convicts in the sensational Dharmapuri bus burning case, sources in the Secretariat said on Friday.
On its part, the State government is expected to resend the file to Raj Bhavan citing the absence of a motive or conspiracy in the incident that resulted in the deaths of three college girls. It will argue that the convicts can be released under the provisions of Article 161 of the Constitution, the sources added.
The case relates to the death of Kokilavani, Gayathri and Hemalatha, all students of the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, when the bus they were travelling in along with 44 other students and two teachers was torched by the three convicts on February 2, 2000, after the conviction of former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa in a criminal case. Nedunchezhian, Ravindran and Muniappan were initially awarded the death penalty.
Convicts Nedunchezhian, Ravindran and Muniappan got relief in March 2016 when the SC commuted their punishment to life imprisonment, saying that the incident was not pre-meditated.
CHENNAI, OCTOBER 27, 2018 00:00 IST
State to resend file saying there was neither motive nor conspiracy in the killings
Governor Banwarilal Purohit has sent back for “reconsideration” the State government’s proposal recommending premature release of three life convicts in the sensational Dharmapuri bus burning case, sources in the Secretariat said on Friday.
On its part, the State government is expected to resend the file to Raj Bhavan citing the absence of a motive or conspiracy in the incident that resulted in the deaths of three college girls. It will argue that the convicts can be released under the provisions of Article 161 of the Constitution, the sources added.
The case relates to the death of Kokilavani, Gayathri and Hemalatha, all students of the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, when the bus they were travelling in along with 44 other students and two teachers was torched by the three convicts on February 2, 2000, after the conviction of former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa in a criminal case. Nedunchezhian, Ravindran and Muniappan were initially awarded the death penalty.
Convicts Nedunchezhian, Ravindran and Muniappan got relief in March 2016 when the SC commuted their punishment to life imprisonment, saying that the incident was not pre-meditated.
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