New Delhi, Feb 6 (Reporter) The Supreme Court on Tuesday, on a plea challenging the premature release of former Bihar MP Anand Mohan, accused in the mob lynching of a District Magistrate in 1994, directed him to immediately deposit his passport with the local police station and report there once a fortnight. A Bench comprising Justice Surya Kant and Justice KV Viswanathan, taking strong objection to the conduct of Anand Mohan who has been prematurely released, directed the union government to reconsider its remission policy and file its response to the court within a week. The court listed the matter for February 27. The petition was filed by Uma Krishnaiah, widow of District Magistrate G Krishnaiah, who was killed in an attack in 1994 by a Mohan-led mob. Mohan had been sentenced to life imprisonment for the offence. However, he walked out of jail on April 24, 2023 after serving 14 years of imprisonment, as per the remission of sentence by the Bihar Government. The petitioner contended that the remission policy, which was prevalent at the time of the offence, should be applied to Mohan's involvement in the cases which means that the remission policy, which was prevalent at the time of the offence, should be applied. The petitioner averred that Mohan's remission was made possible by Bihar government's amendment of the State's remission policy, which initially rendered persons convicted for the murder of public servants on duty ineligible for remission before completion of 20 years of sentence. It is claimed that Mohan's release was contrary to public policy and would amount to demoralizing public servants. Besides Mohan, the petition has impleaded Bihar government and its Remission Board, as well as the Union. On May 8, 2023, the Supreme Court had issued notice on the said petition. Today, the counsel who appeared for the Union of India sought 4 weeks' time to file counter-affidavit. Taking objection, Senior Advocate Siddharth Luthra, appearing for petitioners, said that the Union issued notice on May 8, after that the matter could not be pushed off for one reason or the other. Justice Kant, expressing serious displeasure, told the Union's counsel, "it is not at your sweet will that whenever you want to appear before Supreme Court, you do and when you don't want, you don't". The court asked the name of the officer who gave the Union's counsel instructions to appear today. During the hearing, referring to Bihar's additional affidavit, Senior Advocate Luthra contended that the instant case was a "bizarre" case where the convict (Mohan) had not even undergone 14 years of incarceration. Instead, he only spent about 8 years in custody and is now out playing a political role, "doing what the State wants him to do". The Court said a last opportunity is being given to the Union government to place on record its response within a week. Justice Kant observed that there are some other cases (against Mohan)...////...