He remained in prison for three years longer than expected because the release order attached to an email was not opened by the recipient of the measure. Chandanji Thakor is the name of the man sentenced to life imprisonment for murder, whose sentence was suspended by the Gujarat High Court by issuing a release order.
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Unread email
The document was sent by email from the court registry in September 2020, during the period of restrictions related to the Covid pandemic, but the prison authorities had not taken note of the attached release order, neither at the time of its issuance nor when the court had tried him to pursue the case a few months later.
Gross negligence
The Gujarat High Court called this case “a wake-up call” and severely criticized the prison authorities for this “gross negligence” in failing to comply with the court’s order three years earlier. “Though the applicant had been released and could have enjoyed his freedom, he was forced to remain in jail only because the prison authorities did not pay heed to the Chancery or Sessions Court regarding the order of that court,” they said Indian judges.
The 27-year-old was finally released from prison on September 21, a day before the court was due to hear his new bail application.
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