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Mattoo Family Presses Delhi Home Minister to Deny Killer’s Early Release

They warn a fresh review under Delhi High Court guidelines risks undermining transparency reforms meant to protect victims

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File photos of Priyadarshini Mattoo and Santosh Singh, the man convicted of raping and killing her (in a white shirt in photo from PTI) | ThePrint

Overview

  • Hemant Mattoo and members of the Justice for Priyadarshini Mattoo campaign met Home Minister Ashish Sood on July 23 to hand over a letter opposing any premature release of Santosh Kumar Singh.
  • Their appeal responds to a July 1 Delhi High Court directive instructing the Sentence Review Board to reconsider Singh’s remission plea under new transparency guidelines.
  • The family emphasised that Delhi Prison Rules mandate at least 20 years in prison before remission for rape-murder cases and cautioned against the risk of reoffending.
  • Singh was convicted in 2006 for the premeditated rape and murder of law student Priyadarshini Mattoo and had his death sentence commuted to life by the Supreme Court in 2010.
  • Campaigners say the case underscores sweeping Sentence Review Board reforms requiring psychological evaluations and victim impact statements in remission decisions.