Special remissions for prisoners announced

CHANDIGARH : The Haryana government on the eve of Republic Day announced to grant special remission to prisoners convicted in criminal cases .

An official spokesman said in a release that the convicts who had been sentenced for 10 years and above, including life sentence, had been granted remission of 30 days, and those sentenced for less than 10 years, 15 days.

He said the remission will also be granted to all convicts who were on parole or furlough from jail on the Republic Day, provided they surrender at jails on the due date after the expiry of their parole or furlough for undergoing the unexpired part of their sentence.

The sentence of imprisonment imposed in default of payment of fine will not be treated as substantive for the purpose of grant of this remission.

He said convicted by the courts in Haryana but undergoing their sentences in jails outside the state would also be entitled to get this remission as per the above scale.

However, remission would not be granted to prisoners convicted for the offences like abduction and murder of a child below the age of 14 years, rape with murder, any offence under POCSO Act 2012, dacoity or robbery, kidnapping for ransom, under the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, 1987, the Official Secrets Act, 1923, the Foreigners Act, Passport Act, 1967, Section 2 and 3 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1961, Section 121 to 130 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and under NDPSACT in view of Section 32-A of the NDPS Act.