New Delhi, Dec 5 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea filed by Swamy Shraddananda, who is undergoing imprisonment for killing his wife, seeking a review of the verdict which directed that he should remain in prison for life.

A bench of Justices JK Maheshwari and Vijay Bishnoi asked the petitioner to approach the Karnataka government for his grievances.

Advocate Varun Thakur, appearing for the petitioner, then withdrew the plea and matter was dismissed as withdrawn.

Shraddananda, 84, alias Murali Manohar Mishra, whose wife was the grand-daughter of a former dewan of the princely state of Mysore, had sought a review of the July 2008 verdict of a three-judge bench of the apex court.

The apex court had last year refused to entertain a plea filed by Shraddananda see

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