2 min readChandigarhAug 15, 2015 04:00 AM IST
First published on: Aug 15, 2015 at 04:00 AM IST
The Punjab government Friday decided to accord one- time remission of sentence to convicts lodged in state jails and serving imprisonment up to 20 years to mark the Independence Day.
Jails minister Sohan Singh Thandal in a statement said the prisoners undergoing imprisonment for more than 10 years and up to 20 years had been granted one time remission of sentence for a year. Prisoners undergoing imprisonment for more than seven years and up to 10 years would get remission for nine months, while those serving sentence of more than five years and up to seven years would get remission for six months.
Similarly, prisoners undergoing sentence for more than three years and up to five years would get remission of three months and those below three years have been granted remission for a month. Thandal said only those prisoners had been granted remission who are confined in jails on August 15.
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He added that in case a person has been sentenced to imprisonment for 10 years or for a period exceeding five years but not more than 10 years, the conduct of the person for the past five years would also be taken into consideration before granting him remission. He said if a prisoner was on parole or furlough, the remission would be granted to him only if he surrendered himself in the jail before the expiry of period of parole.
No remission would be granted to a person who has been convicted for a serious offence and the cases being investigated by the CBI or by any other agency empowered to make investigation into an offence under any central law other than the Code of Criminal Procedure 1973. Those convicted under the Foreigner’s Act, 1946; Passport Act, 1967 and Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, would also not be eligible for remission. Other categories where remission will not be granted include those convicted for offence under Sections 3, 4, 5, 6 and 10 of the Official Secrets Act, 1923 among others.
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