Haryana Government has granted special remission to prisoners

Chandigarh, Aug 14 – On the occasion of Independence Day, the Haryana Government has granted special remission to prisoners who are undergoing sentence as a result of their conviction by the courts of criminal jurisdiction in the state.
While giving this information here today, an official spokesman said that convicts who have been sentenced for life and are 75 years or above in case of male and of 65 years or above in case of female as on August 15, 2017 and have completed eight years of actual sentence in case of male convicts and six years in case of female convicts including undertrial period and excluding parole period and whose conduct has remained satisfactory during confinement and who have not committed any major jail offence in last two years be released forthwith.
He said that the convicts who have been sentenced for punishment other than life sentence and are of 75 years and above in case of male and of 65 years and above in case of female as on August 15, 2017 and have completed 2/3rd actual sentence including undertrial period and excluding parole period and whose conduct has remained satisfactory during confinement and who have not committed any major jail offence in last two years be released forthwith.
He said that the age of convicts should be calculated according to matriculation certificate or birth certificate and in absence of both it will be calculated according to the judgement of the trial court and the Superintendent Jail will ensure the correctness of age.
The spokesman said that prisoners who have been sentenced for a period of 10 years and above, including life sentence, have been granted remission of 45 days, and those sentenced for less than ten years have been granted remission of 30 days.
He said that the remission will be granted to all the convicts who are on parole or furlough from the jail on Independence Day, subject to the condition that they surrender at the respective jails on the due date after the expiry of their parole or furlough period for undergoing the un-expired portion of their sentence. The sentence of imprisonment imposed in default of payment of fine would not be treated as substantive for the purpose of grant of this remission. He said that all prisoners convicted by the Courts of Criminal Jurisdiction in Haryana but undergoing their sentences in Jails outside Haryana would also be entitled to get this remission as per the above scale.
The remission will 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, dacoity or robbery, under the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act 1987, the Official Secrets Act 1923, the Foreigners Act 1948, the Passport Act 1967, Section 2 and 3 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1961, Section 121 to 130 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. Similarly, the remission will also not be admissible to detenues of any class, Pakistan nationals, the persons imprisoned for failing to give security for keeping peace for their good behaviour sections 107 or 109 or 110 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 and the convicts who had committed any major jail offence during last two years and were punished for the same under the relevant provisions of the Punjab Jail Manual or any other Act or Rules as applicable on that day.