STATE OF M.P. vs KHUMAN SINGH

The Supreme Court held that the High Court's order to release a prisoner under the Madhya Pradesh Prisoner’s Release on Probation Act, 1954 was unsustainable as it contradicted the established legal principle from Arvind Yadav vs. Ramesh Kumar & Others, which mandates that the opinion of the State Probation Board must be respected unless there is evidence of extreme brutality or objections from the victim's relatives. The Court reversed the High Court's decision, emphasizing the importance of the Board's unanimous recommendation against release based on the prisoner's violent past. Consequently, the appeal by the State of Madhya Pradesh was allowed, and the High Court's order was set aside.