To mark the 146th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, as many as 11 under-trial inmates of Birsa Munda Central Jail were released on Friday during a Jail Adalat organised by District legal Services Authority (DlSA). A legal literacy training programme for Para legal Volunteers (PlV), selected from among the jail inmates, was also organized inside the jail premises.
“Out of 23 cases taken up by 12 benches of Judicial Magistrates and other court officials set up inside the jail premises, 11 under-trial inmates of Birsa Munda Central Jail were given relief paving way for their release from the jail,” said District legal Services Authority (DlSA) Secretary RK Pathak.
According o Pathak, a painting completion was also organized for the jail inmates where prizes were also distributed among the winner and the runner up.
“In order to create and awareness regarding the latest rules and acts, literacy cum training programme was also organized for the Para legal Volunteers inside the jail premises,” said Pathak.