The backlog of cases in various courts and the tardy judicial process with millions of cases lying pending in the courts are the usual talk of the town. Those lucky enough to pursue their cases being rich are definitely seeking timely justice but unfortunately those who are poor, hapless and illiterate are the worst sufferers with hundreds of such undertrials still stuck in jails as they have no well wishers coming to their rescue or arranging bail for them or even if they get bail they do not know where to go. There are several such persons whose sentences have been completed but couldn’t seek justice to free themselves physically. One such novel case of an old person who was languishing in jail for the last 43 years claiming not having committed the murder emerged out of jail at the age of 103 released “byijjat” from the Kaushambi jail of Ghaziabad , Uttar Pradesh on 2 nd May, 2025. Just imagine his plight of forty three protracted years in a jail under challenging situations for the crime which he claims he hasn’t committed. This pathetic news really makes our justice system ironic especially when an undertrial pleading not guilty was convicted by lower court and accorded life sentence goes to Allahabad high Court seeking justice but comes out after forty three long years. According to a post by journalist Kesar Singh Bisht on FB in Hindi :
You should also read the news of a 103 year old man who was kept in jail for 43 years and after being in jail for 43 years, the court has now honorably acquitted him, when he is 103 years old.
The news is about Lakhan son of Mangali, who has come out of Kaushambi jail in Uttar Pradesh. Lakhan spent 43 years in this jail and now the court has honorably acquitted him. Lakhan was arrested in 1977 on the charge of murder and sent to jail.
After 5 years, he was sentenced to life imprisonment by the trial court in 1982. Lakhan said that he was innocent. Therefore, in 1982 itself, he filed an appeal against his sentence in the Allahabad High Court.
But what happened after this must be investigated. The High Court accepted Lakhan’s petition, but do you know how many years this case went on?
The case went on for 43 years and Lakhan remained in jail for these 43 years. Finally, the Allahabad High Court ordered his honorable acquittal on 2 May 2025 and Lakhan was released.
This old man has been released at this age at the age of 103.
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