Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar announces remission to prisoners

Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on the occasion of Haryana Day announced to grant special remission to prisoners.

The Chief Minister said that convicts, who have been sentenced for a period of 10 years or above would be granted remission of 90 days.

The convicts, sentenced for five years or more, but less than 10 years would be granted remission of 60 days and convicts who had been sentenced for two years or more but less than five years would be granted remission of 45 days, he said.

Also, convicts who have been sentenced for less than two years would be granted remission for 30 days. He said that remission would not be granted to the convicts who are on bail on the day of granting this remission.

No remission would be granted to persons convicted of rape, dowry death, abduction, murder of a child below the age of 14 years after his abduction, dacoity and robbery, he said in a statement here.

Also, no remission will be granted to persons convicted under, TADA Act, Official Secrets Act, Foreigners Act, Passport Act, Section 2 and 3 of Criminal Law Amendment Act and Section 121 to 130 of Indian Penal Code.

All prisoners convicted by civil courts of criminal jurisdiction in Haryana but undergoing their sentences in Jails outside Haryana, would be entitled to the grant of remission.

He said that remission would not be admissible to Pakistan national and the convicts who committed any major jail offence during the last two years and were punished for the same under the relevant provisions of Punjab Jail Manual.

The remission would be granted to all the convicts who were on parole or furlough from the jail on Haryana Day that is November 1, 2014 subject to the condition that they would surrender at the jails on the due date after expiry of parole or furlough period for undergoing the un-expired portion of their sentence.

Sentence of imprisonment imposed in default of payment of fine would not be treated as substantive for the purpose of grant of this remission, the chief minister said.