The IAS batchmates of G Krishnaiah, a 1985 batch IAS officer, the former district magistrate of Gopalganj in Bihar who was murdered by a mob led by gangster-turned-politician Anand Mohan Singh in 1994, are exploring legal options to challenge a Bihar government order that would allow the life convict to walk out of jail soon. They are planning to file a petition in the Supreme Court against Bihar’s order that would allow Mohan to be released from jail, and they will finalize their legal plan soon.
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On April 10, the State government amended the Bihar Prison Manual, 2012, and removed the “murder of a public servant on duty” clause from the list of cases for which remission of jail term cannot be considered. On April 24, the Bihar government issued a notification to release 27 prisoners including Mohan, currently serving life sentence for Krishnaiah’s murder.
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