A panel of the Delhi government on Thursday rejected the pleas of early release of convicts of three high-profile murder cases, including Manu Sharma sentenced to life imprisonment for killing model Jessica Lal at a restaurant in south Delhi in 1999.
The Sentence Review Board (SRB) of the Delhi government also rejected the applications of Santosh Singh, convicted in the Priyadarshini Mattoo murder case, and Sushil Sharma, sentenced in the infamous Tandoor murder case.
The SRB, at its meeting, recommended release of 22 convicts on completion of their sentences and rejected 86 other cases, including the three high-profile murder cases.
“The board has rejected early release applications of all the convicts in these three high-profile murder cases,” a government official said.
The committee examines the records of those who have spent more than 14 years in jail and those who were given life sentence, and recommends or rejects pleas for release of convicts.