Calcutta High Court stays single-judge order to consider early release of Bowbazar Blast convict

Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya had on April 10 ordered the West Bengal State Sentence Review Board (SSRB) to consider granting remission to Md Khalid, an accused in the 1993 Bowbazar Blast case.
Calcutta High Court
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The Calcutta High Court on Monday stayed a single judge order directing the West Bengal State Sentence Review Board (SSRB) to consider the early release of Mohd Khalid, who has been in jail for the last 31 years after being convicted in the Bowbazar bomb blast case of 1993 [State of West Bengal vs Md Khalid].

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