Kerala High Court Gives State Three Months to Decide on Jailed Convict's Prison Memoir

Overview

• Justice V. G. Arun directed Kerala to consider Roopesh T. R.’s request to publish his manuscript and to communicate a decision within three months.
• Roopesh, convicted under the UAPA and IPC and held at Viyyur Central Jail, wrote Bandhitharude Ormakurippukal while incarcerated.
• The prison superintendent forwarded the manuscript with a recommendation to the Director General of Prisons and Correctional Services.
• The State told the court it does not oppose publication but will scrutinize the text for UAPA violations, defamatory or sensitive content, and any incitement to violence or unlawful ideology.
• The petition cited discriminatory delay, and the court said permission cannot be refused absent deleterious material, disposing of WP (C) No. 29891 of 2025.