Priyadarshini Mattoo rape-murder case: Delhi High Court directs SRB to consider premature release of convict Santosh Singh
The Delhi Excessive Court docket on Tuesday put aside the order given by the Sentence Evaluate Board (SRB) of Delhi Prisons denying untimely launch to Santosh Kumar Singh, convicted within the 1996 rape and homicide case of legislation pupil Priyadarshini Mattoo.
The one-judge Bench of Justice Sanjeev Narula referred the matter again to SRB for contemporary consideration on the grounds that it discovered parts of reformation in Singh.
Noting that the present framework of SRB didn’t ponder a proper psychological analysis of a convict by a reliable medical skilled, the single-judge Bench laid down sure tips for the Board to take an knowledgeable evaluation as as to whether a convict had misplaced the propensity to commit the crime.
The Excessive Court docket additionally steered the SRB to conduct psychological evaluation of convicts earlier than taking a call.
Singh, at present serving life imprisonment, moved the Excessive Court docket in 2023, difficult the SRB order.
Mattoo was raped and murdered at her flat in Delhi in January 1996. Singh was a legislation pupil of the Delhi College. He was acquitted by the trial courtroom on December 3, 1999 for lack of proof.
On October 27, 2006, the Delhi Excessive Court docket overruled the decision and held Singh responsible of rape and homicide of 25-year-old Mattoo. He was awarded loss of life penalty, which he challenged earlier than the Supreme Court docket.
In 2010, the Apex Court docket upheld Singh’s conviction however commuted his loss of life penalty to life imprisonment.
