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SC issues notice on plea challenging release of gangster-turned-politician Anand Mohan

The Supreme Court on May 8 sought a response from the State of Bihar on a petition filed by the widow of murdered Gopalganj District Magistrate and IAS officer G. Krishnaiah challenging a tweak in the Bihar prison law, which facilitated the premature release of former Bihar MP and gangster-turned-politician Anand Mohan, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for killing her husband in 1994.

A Bench led by Justice Surya Kant also issued notice to the Union and Mohan. It allowed an intervention application filed by Alphons Kannanthanam, a former IAS officer and Union Minister, and said it would allow him to make his submissions in the case.

Mohan had been recently released from Saharsa prison.

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