The Tamil Nadu government had filed a writ appeal in the
PTI | 12:02 AM,Feb 21,2012Madurai Bench of Madras High Court seeking to stay the order of the single judge. R Anbalagan, Superintendent of Prisons, Madurai, submitted that in the earlier occasions, Ravichandran was released on leave for a total of 14 days on three different occasion along with heavy police escort party headed by the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Surveillance. But now, the High Court had directed to grant at least two weeks ordinary leave, which was a "very long duration," he said. The state government said that the prisoner was involved in the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi and his presence outside the prison may be dangerous or prejudicial to public peace and tranquility and the security of the prisoner also would not be safe. The government pointed out the prisoner had also not paid escort charges to the tune of about Rs 1.3 lakh that had been spent when he had gone on leave. In the event of his release further, he had to pay a large amount as escort charges, it said. The deployment of a large number of policemen in Virudhunagar district as escort for the prisoner, would also affect the normalcy in the area, it added. PTI SSN ARP
displayed with permission. Use of the CNN name and/or logo on or as part of CNN-IBN does not derogate from the intellectual property rights of Cable News Network in respect of them.
Disclaimer: Network18 Media & Investments Limited is proposing, subject to market conditions and other considerations, an offer of its equity shares on rights basis and has filed a Draft Letter of Offer with the Securities and Exchange Board of India. The Draft Letter of Offer is available on the website of SEBI at