Bihar leader minister Nitish Kumar on Friday stated that he is “surprised” over the backlash they may be receiving after the discharge of ex-Lok Sabha MP Anand Mohan Singh – who’s convicted withinside the homicide of IAS officer G Krishnaiah. Speaking to the media approximately the amended clause from the Bihar Prison Manual, Kumar stated, “When this turned into now no longer in place, numerous humans used to call for it. Now whilst it’s far in place, they may be opposing it.”
On Anand Mohan`s launch, the Bihar CM stated, “He turned into in prison for 15 years…he turned into served his sentence, and now it is accomplished”.
The Bihar authorities on April 24 notified approximately the discharge of 27 prisoners, which include former MP Anand Mohan Singh. This got here days after the Nitish Kumar-led dispensation amended the Bihar Prison Manual, 2012, which said that all of us determined responsible of killing a central authority respectable will now no longer receive the advantage of remission ever.
“In the mild of the Bihar kingdom sentence remission council assembly on April 20, 2023, the choice turned into taken for the discharge of prisoners having served an real sentence of 14 years or sentence of twenty years with remission,” the notification stated.
Earlier on Thursday, Bihar leader secretary Amir Subhani additionally defended Mohan’s launch announcing that it turned into “as in keeping with criminal provisions” and questions being raised over it were “baseless”.
“No unique favour has been accomplished to anybody. The jail guidelines are amended from time to time, withinside the regular course. The clause approximately authorities servant on obligation turned into dropped as it turned into determined to be discriminatory. Moreover, we determined no different kingdom treating such killings differently,” Subhani stated.