For prevention and control of coronavirus infection, 584 prisoners have been released from different jails across the state.
Official sources said that among the 584, include 391 prisoners released on interim bail, 154 prisoners released on parole, and 39 prisoners released on completion of their sentence period.
Notably, to prevent the spread of coronavirus outbreak, the Supreme Court had instructed all the states to reduce the number of prisoners in the jails to reduce the probability of prisoners catching the viral infection in jails, these prisoners were released on April 2, on certain conditions, on interim bail and parole, sources said.