New Delhi, 1 July (H.S.): On Tuesday, the Delhi High Court overturned the verdict of the sentence review board that had denied a request for early release of Santosh Kumar Singh, sentenced to life for the 1996 rape and murder of law student Priyadarshini Mattoo.

Justice Sanjeev Narula noted the aspect of reformation in Singh and sent the case back to the sentence review board (SRB) to reevaluate the convict's request for early release.

I have discovered a certain aspect of transformation within him. The SRB decision is annulled, and I have sent the matter back to SRB for reconsideration, the judge stated while delivering the verdict.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Indrani Sarkar