{"id":15122,"date":"2026-08-21T21:26:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T21:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=15122"},"modified":"2026-08-21T21:26:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T21:26:38","slug":"105-not-out-sc-orders-release-of-murder-convict-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=15122","title":{"rendered":"105, not out? SC orders release of murder convict | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-133413644,imgsize-168272,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/supreme-court.jpg\" alt=\"105, not out? SC orders release of murder convict\" title=\"SC permanently releases 105-year-old life convict Rasik Mandal, says he should spend his remaining days with family\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"SC permanently releases 105-year-old life convict Rasik Mandal, says he should spend his remaining days with family\">SC permanently releases 105-year-old life convict Rasik Mandal, says he should spend his remaining days with family<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Born in 1920 when Congress had launched the non-cooperation movement against the British, Rasik Mandal got his freedom as a 105-year-old life convict Friday after SC ordered the centenarian should spend his remaining days with his family.<!-- --> He was convicted in 1994 for a 1988 murder. On Friday, the bench first asked: &#8220;Is he alive? Why should he not be released permanently? Why should he be on interim parole?&#8221;<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"3\"\/>Born in a nondescript village of Malda district, Rasik Chandra was arrested in 1988 for murder at the age of 68, and convicted in Dec 1994.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"5\"\/>His appeal against conviction was dismissed by Calcutta HC in 2018, after 24 years, and <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/supreme-court\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Supreme Court<\/a> rejected his appeal in 2019.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/>Serving a life sentence, he was shifted to a correctional home at Balurghat in West Bengal from prison due to age-related ailments. Mandal, through his son, had filed a writ petition in SC in 2020, when he was just short of the century-mark, seeking premature release on ground of age and related ailments. On Nov 29, 2024, SC admitted Mandal\u2019s petition and directed his release \u201con interim bail\/parole in the case lodged on Nov 9, 1988, at Manikchak police station in WB\u2019s Malda\u201d.<\/p>\n<div data-type=\"in_view\" class=\"  \">\n<div class=\"LEzX4\">\n<div class=\"PmOGb\">\n<p class=\"PSf84\">Share your thoughts in the comments<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Insightful<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Agree<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Disagree<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Skeptical<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Concerning<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Promising<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Worth Reading<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Big Development<\/button><\/p>\n<p><textarea class=\"T9MbS\" rows=\"1\" placeholder=\"Add your Thoughts...\"\/><button type=\"button\" class=\"ZW6JD \" disabled=\"\">Post Comment<\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"swnca\">Be respectful \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatimes.com\/termsandcondition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"gkv0P\">TOI community guidelines<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>On Friday, as the Supreme Court bench wondered why he should not be released, the West Bengal counsel said the court could direct that he would not be incarcerated any longer. \u201cHaving regard to his age, we see no reason not to release him. We allow his writ petition while making the Nov 29, 2024, order absolute. He is permanently released from jail for the purpose of this case,\u201d the apex court said.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/105-not-out-sc-orders-release-of-murder-convict\/articleshow\/133413639.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SC permanently releases 105-year-old life convict Rasik Mandal, says he should spend his remaining days with family Born in 1920 when Congress had launched the non-cooperation movement against the British, Rasik Mandal got his freedom as a 105-year-old life convict Friday after SC ordered the centenarian should spend his remaining days with his family. 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