The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Bihar government to produce original records of remission granted to former MP Anand Mohan in a murder case of an IAS officer. 

A bench of Justices Surya Kant and JB Pardiwala told the counsel of the Bihar government, that no further adjournment will be granted in the case.

The Court further directed counsel to place the complete records for the perusal of the court.

It listed the plea filed by the wife of the slain officer challenging the release of Mohan on August 8.

Kumar sought some time to file a reply to the plea.

Senior advocate Siddharth Luthra, appearing for Uma Krishnaiah, the wife of the slain officer, said the state government has changed the policy retrospectively and released him in the case.

During the trials, he submitted before the bench to direct the state to place entire records of criminal antecedents of Mohan and sought the matter to be listed in the month of August.

"Original records with regard to remission to Respondent-4 (Anand Mohan) by order dated April 10, 2023, be placed before the court", the bench said, adding that records with regard to criminal antecedents be also placed before it.

Mohan's name was figured in a list of more than 20 prisoners who were ordered to be set free by a notification issued by the state's law department as they had spent more than 14 years behind bars.

The remission of his sentence followed an April 10 amendment to the Bihar Prison Manual by the Nitish Kumar government whereby the restriction on early release of those involved in the killing of a public servant on duty was done away with.

This, the critics of the state government's decision claim, was done to facilitate the release of Mohan, a Rajput strongman, who could add heft to the grand alliance led by Nitish Kumar in its fight against the BJP. Several others, including politicians, benefited from the amendment to the state prison rules.