Delhi HC Directs Sentence Review Board to Reconsider Premature Release Plea of Priyadarshini Mattoo’s Convict

The Delhi High Court directed the Sentence Review Board (SRB) to reconsider the remission plea of Santosh Kumar Singh serving for life for raping and murdering law student Priyadarshini Mattoo. 

The Court noted the SRB had failed to consider Singh’s good prison conduct, educational progress, and rehabilitation efforts. Similar relief was granted to three other life convicts. 

The Court directed the SRB to reconsider his plea within four months, mandating psychological evaluations and victim input as per structured guidelines.

The court stressed that decisions must be based on transparent, reasoned deliberation, not merely the offence’s gravity.