Justice S.M. Siddick, who had framed charges on 251 counts against 26 accused in the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi assassination case on December 1, 1993, refused to comment on the Supreme Court’s recent order releasing one of the convicts, A.G. Perarivalan, after 31 years of incarceration.
“I am sorry, I don’t have any opinion on this issue,” said Justice Siddick, when his views were sought after Justice K.T. Thomas, a retired Supreme Court judge who had dealt with an appeal preferred by the 26 convicts, had welcomed the release on humanitarian grounds.
