To mark 75 years of Indian Independence, 138 prisoners lodged in different jails of the state were released prematurely on the instructions of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
Giving this information here on Wednesday evening, Additional Chief Secretary, (Home) Awanish Kumar Awasthi said that out of these, 80 prisoners with limited punishment had been released on the occasion of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav on August 15, 2022 (75 years of Indian independence).
Awasthi said that apart from this, instructions had also been given for the release of 58 prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment under the permanent policy (on the basis of mercy petition). Thus, on the occasion of Independence Day, a total of 138 convicted prisoners have been released.
It is noteworthy that in addition to above, orders for the premature release of 679 prisoners were issued from March 2022 till before the said order. In this way till now the government has released 817 prisoners from jail.