'30-yr jail without remission worse than capital punishment': Plea in SC
The New Indian Express|September 12, 2024
DESPERATELY pleading for release, Swami Shraddhananda —serving 30 years jail sentence without remission for killing his wife on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that the imprisonment till his biological death awarded to him is far worse than the capital punishment.
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"You want your jail sentence to be changed to hanging," a surprised court asked him. A bench headed by Justice B R Gavai was hearing a review petition filed by 84-year-old Shraddhananda alias Murali Manohar Mishra, seeking reconsideration of a judgment which imposed on him a life sentence (without remission) for the murder of his wife Shakereh Khaleeli (granddaughter of Dewan of Mysore, Sir Mirza Ismail).

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