Bihar To Release Eligible Prisoners To Commemorate Independence Day
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A screening committee of the state home department has been instructed to review records of prisoners and identify eligible ones to grant the special remission, Bihar Law Minister Pramod Kumar told news agency PTI.
The Bihar government has decided to release certain categories of prisoners, who have served half their jail terms, in commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the country's independence, a state minister said on Saturday.
A screening committee of the state home department has been instructed to review records of prisoners and identify eligible ones to grant the special remission, Bihar Law Minister Pramod Kumar told news agency PTI.
The decision to this effect was taken in a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday.
The proposal to grant special remission to certain categories of prisoners was placed before the state cabinet by the law department.
