Regarding 33 Terminally ill patients released due to the overcrowding in the prison during Covid-19
WPA 7252 of 2018 With WPA 4510 of 1997 With WPA 5440 of 2020 IA No. CAN/1/2020 (Old No. CAN 3147 of 2020) With WPA 8573 of 2018 | High Court at Calcutta | Status: Pending ( Only 33 terminally ill patients have been released) | |
Murshida Begum, W/o Late Illias Sheikh is suffering from Lung cancer which was detected in 2014. From then she was admitted in SSKM, State General Hospital of Kolkata where she was undergoing treatment. She was released on January 18th,2021 after 14 long years serving life imprisonment for murder charges of her husband.