Delhi L-G grants special remission to prisoners, focus on female inmates & senior citizens

For prisoners undergoing sentences above 10 years, remission of 90 days would be granted to those above the age of 65 years and 60 days to other inmates.

Prisoners undergoing a sentence of 5 years up to 10 years will get remission of 60 days for men above 65 years of age and to all women irrespective of their age; for men below 65, the period of remission will be 45 days, officials said.

According to officials, remission of 30 days will be granted to all categories of prisoners undergoing sentence above 1 year up to five years; in case of sentences up to 1 year, male prisoners above 65 years and women prisoners irrespective of age will get remission of 20 days while other inmates will get a remission of 15 days.

Officials said the Prison Department had, through the Home Department, submitted the proposal under relevant sections of the Delhi Prison Rules, 2018 and powers under section 432 of the Criminal Procedure Code to grant special remission to eligible convicts on the occasion of Republic Day.

Remission by the government, as per rules, may be granted on occasions of national importance or public rejoicing; however, prisoners awarded life imprisonment on or after December 18, 1978, for an offence for which death is one of the penalties or whose death sentence has been commuted to life imprisonment are not eligible for remission. Remission will not be granted to prisoners sentenced for crimes against women, those sentenced under POCSO, the NSA, court-martial, those convicted for espionage, and prisoners under the NDPS Act subject to certain conditions.’