PTI. Earlier, SC had refused to extend the time to surrender and had asked them to do so by Sunday.
The convicts had sought an extension of time due to 'ill health', 'harvest of winter crops', and 'son's marriage', as reported by Bar and Bench. On 8 January, SC had quashed the Gujarat government's decision, taken in August 2022, to prematurely release 11 convicts facing life terms. It ordered all the convicts, who were released prematurely on Independence Day in 2022, back to jail within two weeks.
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