On the eve of the Independence Day, the Haryana government has granted special remission to prisoners who are undergoing sentence as a result of their conviction by courts of criminal jurisdiction in the state.
An official spokesman today said 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 and have completed eight years of actual sentence (for males) and six years (for females), 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.
Similarly, convicts who have been sentenced for punishment other than life term and have completed two-third of actual sentence, including undertrial period and excluding parole period, and fulfil conditions mentioned above be released forthwith.
He said 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 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 10 years have been granted remission of 30 days.
He said the remission will be granted to all 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 all prisoners convicted by the Courts of Criminal Jurisdiction in Haryana but undergoing their sentences in prisons outside the state would also be entitled to get this remission as per the above scale.
However, 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 under sections 107 or 109 or 110 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 and 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, he said.
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