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Thursday, February 4, 2010

1,256 Under-trials released from the custody under mission mode programme to ease congestion in jails

(PIB NEWS) As part of the National Mission for Delivery of Justice and Legal Reforms started at the instance of the Dr. M.Veerappa Moily, Minister for Law and Justice, 1,256 under-trials have been released from the custody till now, it was decided to launch under the National Mission a Mission Mode Programme to reduce the number of cases of under-trials and to ease congestion in jails. The programme was launched on 26th January,2010. Number of prisoners released from the custody from the following States as given below:


S.No. State No. Of Prisoners Released
(1)     Punjab              164
(2)     Haryana         136
(3)     Chandigarh    2
(4)     Jharkhand     443
(5)     Delhi                45
(6)     Bombay        466
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