The Haryana Government has decided to grant special remission of 30 to 90 days to convicts lodged in different jails across the State on Republic Day.

State Minister for Jails Ranjit Singh said that the convicts who have been sentenced for a period of 10 years and above, including life sentence have been granted remission of 90 days and those sentenced for 5 years or more but less than 10 years have been granted remission of 60 days.

According to him, the convicts who have been sentenced for less than 5 years have been granted remission of 30 days. He said the remission will also be granted to all the convicts who are on parole or furlough from the jail on Republic Day, subject to the condition that they surrender at the respective jails on the due date after the expiry of their parole or furlough period for undergoing the unexpired portion of their sentence.

The sentence of imprisonment imposed in default of payment of fine will not be treated as substantive for the purpose of grant of this remission. All the prisoners convicted by the Courts of Criminal Jurisdiction in Haryana but undergoing their sentences in Jails outside Haryana will also be entitled to get this remission as per the above scale.

He said that the remission will not be granted to the convicts who are on bail on the day of granting this remission.

The remission, according to the minister, however, will not be admissible to detenues of any class, Pakistani nationals, persons imprisoned for failing to give security for keeping peace for their good behaviour under sections 107, 109, 110 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 and the convicts who had committed any major jail offence during the last two years and were punished for the same under the relevant provisions of Punjab Jail Manual, Haryana Prison Rules-2022 or any other Act or Rules as applicable on that day.

The order will not be applicable for the prisoners convicted for the offences like abduction and murder of a child below the age of 14 years, rape with murder, any offence under the POCSO Act 2012, dacoity or robbery, kidnapping and ransom, acid attack, trafficking of person, case of prisoners convicted for counterfeiting currency notes, said the Minister.