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300 jailbirds likely to be freed
Taking in to consideration the requests of political parties and public representatives from Telangana and also from families of prisoners for early release of jailbirds, the State government on Wednesday issued guidelines to the Home Department to form a committee and finalise a list of prisoners for the same.
The State government has formed a six-member committee to shortlist prisoners eligible for release
Hyderabad: Taking in to consideration the requests of political parties and public representatives from Telangana and also from families of prisoners for early release of jailbirds, the State government on Wednesday issued guidelines to the Home Department to form a committee and finalise a list of prisoners for the same.
According to sources in the Home Department, about 300 prisoners across the State would meet the eligibility criteria. The government has formed a six-member committee headed by the Chief Secretary to shortlist eligible prisoners, who were convicted for life and non-life imprisonment and also those suffering from chronic diseases.
On examining the requests, the government has decided to grant remission of sentence on the occasion of January 26, 2016, to certain categories of life and non-life convicted prisoners. According to the guidelines, all convicted women prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment, including those who have undergone an actual sentence of five years of remand period and total sentence of seven years including remission as on January 26 are eligible for release.
Similarly, all convicted male prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment, including those who have undergone actual sentence of seven years (remand period and total imprisonment of 10 years including remission) are also eligible.
Old and decrepit prisoners and all male convicted prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment including those aged more than 65 and have undergone an actual sentence of over five years (remand period and total imprisonment of seven years including remission period) are eligible.
Similarly, all women convicted prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment and those aged more than 60 and have undergone an actual sentence of five years (remand period and total sentence of six years including remission period) are also eligible.
The guidelines also state that the persons convicted in matters related to communal incidents, persons involved in prison offenses, those who have escaped from the prison in the past three years and have not surrendered voluntarily, prisoners convicted under NDPS (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances) Act, Prevention of Terrorism Act, life convicts who have committed offenses against children, convicts in Dowry Harassment and 498 A of IPC cases, prisoners arrested for waging war against the nation and some others would not meet the eligibility criteria.
