On the eve of Republic Day, the Haryana government has decided to grant special remission to prisoners undergoing sentence due to their conviction by the Courts of Criminal Jurisdiction in the state. Sharing more details in this regard, an official spokesperson said that convicts who have been sentenced for lifetime imprisonment, 10 years and above have been granted remission of 60 days and those sentenced for five years, above five years but less than 10 years have been granted remission of 45 days. Similarly, the convicts who have been sentenced for less than five years have been granted remission of 30 days.
The spokesperson said that this remission will also be granted to all the convicts who are on parole or furlough from the jail on Republic Day, that is January 26, 2024 subject to the condition that they surrender at the respective jails on the due date after the expiry of their parole or furlough. In that case, this relaxation will be given in the remaining time of imprisonment. The spokesperson said that this remission will not be granted to the convicts who have been sentenced for non-payment of fine.
He said that all prisoners convicted by the Courts of Criminal Jurisdiction in Haryana but undergoing their sentences in Jails outside Haryana shall also be entitled to get this remission as per the above scale, but the criminals who are on bail will not be given this exemption.
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, dacoit or robbery, acid attack under the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act 1987, Official Secrets Act 1923, Foreigners Act 1948, Passport Act 1967, Section 2 and 3 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1961, Section 121 to 130 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, Kidnapping for ransom, any crime under the POCSO Act 2012, are serving sentence under Section 32A under the NDPS Act.
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 in 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 Punjab Jail Manual or any other Act or Rules as applicable on that day.