The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice to the Delhi Government on an application by Siddharth Vashishtha alias Manu Sharma seeking parole for a month to appear in examinations for a post-graduate degree in human rights.
Manu has been serving life imprisonment in the sensational Jessica Lal murder case in which the young model was shot dead at point-blank range in socialite Bina Ramani’s crowded Tamarind Court restaurant at Mehrauli here in the early hours of April 30, 1999.
Justice Hima Koli asked the city government to file a reply to the application by December 18, the next date of hearing.
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Manu in his application said that he wanted parole for preparations for his second semester examinations scheduled to begin from December 30.
He had to prepare a master thesis, field and case study reports and select a guide for completion of the course.
Before moving the Court, Manu last month sought parole from the Government but it took no decision on that, the application said.
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The High Court had in 2006 awarded life imprisonment to Manu which was later also confirmed by the Supreme Court. The trial court had earlier acquitted him.