On the eve of Republic Day, Haryana Government has decided to grant special remission to prisoners who are undergoing sentence as a result of their conviction by the Courts of Criminal Jurisdiction in the Sstate.
An official spokesman of the State Government on Monday said that convicts who have been sentenced for a period of 10 years and above have been granted remission of 60 days and those sentenced for five years or more but less than 10 years have been granted remission of 45 days.
Similarly, the convicts who have been sentenced for two years or more, but less than five years have been granted remission of 30 days and those who have been sentenced for less than two years have been granted remission of 15 days.
He said that this remission will also be granted to all the convicts who are on parole or furlough from the jail on Republic Day, i.e. January 26, 2015, 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 un-expired portion of their sentence.