RAJ KUMAR
Ranchi, Aug.24: The Jharkhand State Sentence Revision Board gave nod to release 28 prisoners serving life terms in different jails across the state.
The decision was taken at a board’s meeting under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Hemant Soren.
Notably, the board reviewed the case history of 41 prisoners serving life sentences in various jails of the state. After a thorough discussion on the views of the courts, Superintendent of Police, Jail Superintendent and Probation Officer of the concerned districts, the board gave its approval.
In the meeting, CM Soren asked officials to take care of the social rehabilitation of the prisoners being released. He directed the officials of the concerned department to prepare a better action plan and work to connect these prisoners with the mainstream of the society.
“Ensure continuous tracking and monitoring of the activities of such prisoners after their release from jail. Do regular counselling of these prisoners. After coming out of jail, there should not be any social and financial hindrance in their lives. For this purpose, the work of connecting them with self-employment should also be done,” the CM clarified.
Those present during the meeting included additional chief secretary of home, jail and disaster management department Avinash Kumar, police director general Ajay Kumar Singh, principal secretary to the chief minister Vandana Dadel, principal secretary cum legal adviser of law and justice department Nalin Kumar, chief minister’s secretary Vinay Kumar Choubey, Judicial Commissioner Arun Kumar Rai, Inspector General (prison) Uma Shankar Singh and others.
