Chennai: Nalini, who is serving life term in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, ended her two-day long indefinite fast on Wednesday.
She is demanding her premature release and broke the fast after Vellore jail officials assured that her plea would be considered as per law.
Nalini's husband Murugan, also a convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, is also lodged in the Vellore prison.
On September 11, Nalini who has served over 18 years in Vellore prison, filed a petition in the Madras High Court seeking her premature release.
She said she was required to serve 14 years of imprisonment, which she completed on June 18, 2005, to be entitled for premature release under Sec 433(a) of CrPC.
In her petition, Nalini contended that the Governor had allowed her clemency petition and the state government, by an April 24, 2000 order, had commuted the death penalty to life imprisonment.
In her petition, she sought a direction to the Government to constitute an advisory board in accordance with the law and take a decision on her premature release in the light of the High Court orders.
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