The Supreme Court on Friday extended the parole of Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convict, A.G. Perarivalan, by a week.
A Bench led by Justice L. Nageswara Rao recorded that the apex court would not entertain any further application for extension of parole.
On November 23, the court had similarly extended the parole of Perarivalan by a week.
Perarivalan, represented by senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan and advocate Prabu Ramasubramanium, however, filed a fresh application seeking an extension of his parole by 90 days.
The application said Perarivalan was seriously ill and required medical attention.
Tamil Nadu Additional Advocate General Balaji Srinivasan however objected to the application. He submitted that the Madras High Court had already disposed of an application for extension of parole on November 6. The High Court, on November 6, had allowed Perarivalan two weeks’ extension, but had directed him to not seek any further time.
Mr. Srinivasan submitted that the CMC Vellore was only 25 km away from the jail in which Perarivalan is lodged. The prisoner would be taken there in case of a medical necessity.
“We extend the parole of the petitioner by another week from today and it is needless to state that the State of Tamil Nadu shall provide necessary police escort to visit the hospital of his choice. No further application shall be entertained for extension,” the Supreme Court ordered at the end of the short hearing.
A plea for the remission of Perarivalan’s life sentence is pending before the Tamil Nadu Governor for the past four years.
