Above 90,000 under-trials released in three months

By TCN News,

New Delhi: More than 90,000 under-trials have been released from country jails. Under the Mission Mode Programme of National Mission for Delivery of Justice and Legal Reforms, these under-trials have been either discharged or granted bail from custody.


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At the instance of Union Law and Justice Minister, Dr. Veerappa Moily, the National Mission for Delivery of Justice and Legal Reforms was started to reduce the number of cases of under-trials and to reduce congestion in jails.

The Mission Mode Programme was launched on 26th of January this year. There were over 3 lakh under-trials languishing in jails contributing to 70% of the jail population, says a central government release.

“Under this initiative, by end of July this year, the number of undertrials would be reduced by two third. Till end of April, more than ninety two thousand undertrials have been either discharged or granted bail from custody,” the government release says.

The figure of under-trials released so far in various parts of the country is as under:

Sl.No.

High Court/State

No. of Prisoners released

1

Andhra Pradesh/ Andhra Pradesh

9116

2

Bombay/Maharashtra, Goa,  Daman & Diu

7252

3

Calcutta/ West Bengal

287

4

Delhi/ Delhi

8701

5

Gujarat/ Gujarat

3101

6

Himachal Pradesh/ Himachal Pradesh

55

7

Jammu & Kashmir/ Jammu & Kashmir 

1360

8

Jharkhand/ Jharkhand

1343

9

Karnataka/ Karnataka

1081

10

Kerala/ Kerala

2334

11

Madhya Pradesh/ Madhya Pradesh

6252

12

Orissa/ Orissa

8566

13

Patna/ Bihar

829

14

Punjab & Haryana/ Chandigarh

33

15

Punjab & Haryana/ Haryana

3219

16

Punjab & Haryana/ Punjab

2169

17

Sikkim/ Sikkim 

18

18

Tamil Nadu/ Tamil Nadu

608

19

Uttarakhand/ Uttarakhand

449

20

Allahabad/Uttar Pradesh

29009

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