‘EMOTIONAL OUTBURST TO JAYA CONVICTION’
Bus burning case: TN again recommends convicts’ early release
Julie.Mariappan@timesgroup.com
Chennai:09.11.2018
The Tamil Nadu government has reiterated its recommendation for premature release of the three life convicts — AIADMK men — in the sensational Dharmapuri bus burning case. Governor Banwarilal Purohit had recently returned their files to the state government for reconsideration.
The EPS government had decided to prematurely release Ravindran,Muniappan and Nedunchezian, along with 1,600 prisoners on the sidelines of MGR’s birth centenary. Even as the governor was clearing other files, he chose to return the files pertaining to the three AIADMK men. The three have already served 11 years in prison. “The state sent its opinion reiterating its earlier position last week to Raj Bhavan, as the convicts had committed the crime with no intention whatsoever. The act was an emotional outburst when their leader was convicted,” said a top government source. The governor’s office is sitting on yet another file, pertaining to the release of Rajiv Gandhi’s assassins. The state cabinet had recommended their release in September.
The government has been recommending release of people sentenced to life imprisonment based on the orders of the Supreme Court, said the official and added, “The Dharmapuri convicts are eligible for release as per SC orders. The government sticks to its stand for their premature release,” he said.
The three were charged with torching a bus at Ilakiyampatti near Dharmapuri, in which three students of Tamil Nadu Agriculture University, Coimbatore, were charred to death. The bus was burnt as part of the state-wide protests by AIADMK men when former CM J Jayalalithaa was convicted in a criminal case. On a review petition, the Supreme Court commuted the death sentence of all three to life imprisonment in 2016.
Bus burning case: TN again recommends convicts’ early release
Julie.Mariappan@timesgroup.com
Chennai:09.11.2018
The Tamil Nadu government has reiterated its recommendation for premature release of the three life convicts — AIADMK men — in the sensational Dharmapuri bus burning case. Governor Banwarilal Purohit had recently returned their files to the state government for reconsideration.
The EPS government had decided to prematurely release Ravindran,Muniappan and Nedunchezian, along with 1,600 prisoners on the sidelines of MGR’s birth centenary. Even as the governor was clearing other files, he chose to return the files pertaining to the three AIADMK men. The three have already served 11 years in prison. “The state sent its opinion reiterating its earlier position last week to Raj Bhavan, as the convicts had committed the crime with no intention whatsoever. The act was an emotional outburst when their leader was convicted,” said a top government source. The governor’s office is sitting on yet another file, pertaining to the release of Rajiv Gandhi’s assassins. The state cabinet had recommended their release in September.
The government has been recommending release of people sentenced to life imprisonment based on the orders of the Supreme Court, said the official and added, “The Dharmapuri convicts are eligible for release as per SC orders. The government sticks to its stand for their premature release,” he said.
The three were charged with torching a bus at Ilakiyampatti near Dharmapuri, in which three students of Tamil Nadu Agriculture University, Coimbatore, were charred to death. The bus was burnt as part of the state-wide protests by AIADMK men when former CM J Jayalalithaa was convicted in a criminal case. On a review petition, the Supreme Court commuted the death sentence of all three to life imprisonment in 2016.
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