HC sets aside board's decision denying premature release to 1993 plane hijack convict

Delhi High Court Orders Reconsideration Of Premature Release For 1993 Indian Airlines Hijack Convict

NEW DELHI – The Delhi High Court has overturned a decision by the Sentence Review Board (SRB) that refused early parole to Hari Singh, who was found guilty of hijacking an Indian Airlines flight with 192 passengers in 1993. Justice Sanjeev Narula has sent the case back to the SRB for a new look, telling the board to make its decision within eight weeks. In 2001, Hari Singh was found guilty and given a life sentence for breaking Section 4 of the …

HC sets aside board's decision denying premature release to 1993 plane hijack convict

New Delhi, Jul 26 (PTI) The Delhi High Court has set aside a decision of sentence review board denying premature release to a man, convicted for hijacking an Indian Airlines flight with 192 passengers in 1993.Justice Sanjeev Narula remanded back the matter to the sentence review board (SRB) fir a fresh consideration and asked it to give its decision within eight weeks. "It is evident that the impugned decision of the SRB suffers from inadequacy …