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The Economic Times
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Graham Staines murder: SC directs Odisha sentence review board to decide on murder convict Dara Singh's premature release plea

New Delhi: In a significant development in the 1999 Graham Staines murder case, the Supreme Court has directed the Odisha State Sentence Review Board to decide on the plea of murder convict Rabindra Kumar Pal alias Dara Singh seeking premature release from his life sentence.

A bench of Justices Manoj Misra and Vijay Bishnoi took exception to the delay in deciding Pal's plea, who has undergone more than 26 years of his life sentence.

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