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Supreme Court denies mercy plea of ‘Swami’ serving life for killing Shakereh Khaleeli

Published - December 05, 2025 08:19 pm IST - NEW DELHI Shakereh Khaleeli. File photo. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Supreme Court on Friday (December 5, 2025) declined to entertain a petition seeking a direction to the government to take an expeditious decision on the mercy plea of Swami Shraddhanand alias Murli Manohar Mishra, the 87-year-old self-styled godman serving a sentence of imprisonment for burying his wife alive in Bengaluru in 1991.

Supreme Court denies mercy plea of ‘Swami’ serving life for killing Shakereh Khaleeli

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Key Highlights

  • A Bench of Justices J. K.
  • Maheshwari and Vijay Bishnoi dismissed the petition as withdrawn after expressing dissatisfaction with the submissions of advocate Varun Thakur, appearing for the petitioner.
  • Mr.
  • Thakur contended that the convict had spent 31 years in prison without a single day of parole and was now in a significantly deteriorated state of health.
  • Questioning the prolonged pendency of the proceedings, Justice Maheshwari observed that the petition had been adjourned on six earlier occasions at the petitioner’s behest.
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  1. Supreme Court denies mercy plea of ‘Swami’ serving life for killing Shakereh Khaleeli

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