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.
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 |