GUWAHATI, Jan 30 (NNN): Murder accused Mahendra Nath Das` writ petition has been dusmissed by the Gauhati High Court on Monday.
After having had languished in prison for the past 12 years Mahendra Nath Das had filed the writ petition last year. The murder accused sought commutation of his death sentence to life imprisonment since he had already spent more than 12 years in jail during the disposal of his plea seeking presidential clemency. The mercy plea was addressed to former President KR Narayanan in 1999 by Mahendra’s family. It was rejected in May last year by President Pratibha Patil.
It it worth noting that Mahendra Nath Das had beheaded one Harakanta Das in the commercial hub of Guwahati on April 24, 1996 and surrendered before the police with the victim`s head. He has been languishing in jail since 1997 after the Sessions Court, Kamrup ordered his execution. The death sentence was subsequently upheld by both the Gauhati High Court and the Supreme Court.
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