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Lucknow/Gorakhpur: Former UP minister Amarmani Tripathi and his wife Madhumani, serving life terms in poet Madhumita Shukla murder case, are likely to be released from the jail here later in the day, Gorakhpur jail superintendent, Dilip Pandey said on Friday...
The prisons department had on Thursday issued an order for the premature release of Amarmani Tripathi, citing the states 2018 policy on remission, since they have completed 16 years of imprisonment...
The department also cited their old age and good behaviour as Amarmani is 66 and Madhumani is 61, the official said citing the order...
Madhumita Shuklas sister, Nidhi Shukla, who had been in the forefront in this legal fight, said she has approached the Supreme Court against the decision and also fears for the life of her and her family members...
A Dehradun court had sentenced Amarmani Tripathi and his wife Madhumani Tripathi to life imprisonment for Madhumitas murder in October 2007, later the Nainital high court and the Supreme Court upheld the sentence of the couple..
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