UP Governor Pardons BJP ex-MLA Serving Life Sentence for Murder; Released from Jail

Lucknow: An ex-MLA of BJP in Uttar Pradesh, Udaybhan Karwariya,  who was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a Samajwadi Party legislator, was released from jail on Thursday. He was pardoned by the UP Governor Anandiben Patel.

The Naini Central Jail authorities received the release orders of the former BJP MLA on Wednesday evening and he was released on Thursday morning.

The governor used the powers conferred on her under Article 161 of the Constitution, to order for the release of murder convict Karwariya after accepting the state government’s recommendation for his premature release.

Article 161 empowers the governor of a state to grant pardons, reprieves, respites or remissions of punishment or to suspend, remit or commute the sentence of any convict against any law relating to a matter to which the executive power of the state extends.

Prayagraj’s senior superintendent of police and the district magistrate cited the good conduct of Karwaria in jail and recommended for his release. The UP governor issued the pardon order last week.

On November 4, 2019, an additional sessions judge in Prayagraj sentenced Karwariya to life imprisonment for the August 1996 murder of Samajwadi Party MLA Jawahar Yadav.

The Samajwadi Party MLA was shot dead in Prayagraj and a murder case was registered against Karwariya, his brothers Kapilmuni Karwariya and Surajbhan Karwariya and another person.