The petition filed against the release of former mp and bahubali anand Mohan Singh could not be heard in theSupreme court on friday (August 11). The supreme court questioned the bihar government that in april this year,along with former lok sabha mp anand Mohan, how many criminals were convicted of killing a public servant onduty, who were exempted from punishment.G Krishnaiah's wife has filed a petitionThe bihar government has told the apex court that a total of 97 convicts, including Mohan, who was serving lifesentence in the murder of the then district Magistrate of Gopalganj G Krishnaiah in 1994, were released prematurelyat the same time. A bench of Justice Suryakant and Justice Dipankar Dutta adjourned the final hearing till September26 on the petition challenging the exemption granted to anand Mohan. This petition has been filed by the wife of theslain IAS officer.At the same time, the apex court allowed senior advocate Ranjit Kumar, appearing for the bihar government, to filean additional affidavit, in which he has been asked to give the details of the released convicts, who were convicted ofkilling a public servant. . Senior advocate siddharth Luthra, appearing for Uma Krishnaiah, wife of the slain officer,sought that the state be asked to give him the original records of exemption granted to anand Mohan to prepare hisresponse, but Ranjit Kumar rejected the request. objected and said that if Luthra's client wants the original recordsrelated to the exemption, she can file an application under the Right to Information (RTI) Act.
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