The special committee headed by Justice AK Patnaik (retd.) has recommended to release 91 tribals who are currently behind the bars in Naxal-infested Bastar region.
“The committee also recommended for resolving 81 cases through Section 265 (A) of CrPC (Plea of Bargaining),” an official press release stated on Sunday.
Notably, the committee headed by Justice Patnaik had reviewed 234 cases registered against tribal people in Bastar, Dantewada, Kanker, Narayanpur, Sukma, Bijapur, Kondagaon and Rajnandgaon districts on March 7-8 in Raipur. The meeting chaired by Justice Patnaik was attended by several key state officials including Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Subrat Sahoo, Director General of Police (DGP) DM Awasthi and others.
Officials informed that earlier in October 2019, the committee had recommended of withdrawing 313 cases registered against tribal people in eight naxal infested districts of the state.
So, this way in past six months decision to withdraw 404 prosecution cases have been taken while 81 cases were recommended to be resolved through ‘Plea of Bargaining’, officials stated.