Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, who is under attack for recommending parole to Manu Sharma, who is serving life imprisonment in the Jessica Lall murder case, on Monday said the move was within the 'legal purview'."Whatever has been done is within the legal purview. It (recommending parole) has been done after taking suggestions from everybody (concerned agencies)," Dikshit said when asked on what basis Sharma was granted parole.
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Delhi Police Commissioner Y S Dadwal on Friday said that the police department had not recommended the granting of parole to Manu Sharma, serving a life sentence for the murder of model Jessica Lal, who landed in a controversy due to an alleged scuffle in a Delhi nightclub. A controversy erupted after Sharma was spotted at the LAP Lounge Bar on November 7, in violation of his parole norms, which prescribed him to be in Chandigarh.
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Manu Sharma, convicted in the Jessica Lall murder case, on Tuesday returned to Tihar Jail before the expiry of his parole, following mounting criticism that he violated parole norms.Sharma, 32, whose two-month parole period was set to expire on November 22, reported to the jail authorities at approximately 11:45 am. Sharma, who was released from jail on September 22 on the ground of his mother's illness, was reportedly spotted in a nightclub in a hotel in Delhi.
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Senior advocate Ram Jethmalani opened the argument before the Bench headed by Justice C K Thakker contending that Sharma was eligible for grant of bail as there was considerable delay in hearing his appeal filed against his conviction. The senior advocate said that the court only has to consider whether on grant of bail the accused will abscond, which, he said, was not likely as during the trial of the case there was no instance when Manu violated the bail condition.
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