The Odisha government on Thursday told the Supreme Court that it has rejected the remission plea of Ravindra Pal alias Dara Singh, who is serving a life sentence for the 1999 murder of Australian missionary Graham Stuart Staines and his two minor sons.
A bench of Justices Manoj Misra and Vijay Bishnoi allowed Singh two weeks to amend his petition in light of the state's decision and posted the matter for hearing after three weeks.