Standing Committee, formed by the State Government to review sub-judice pending cases of prisoners in the jails of Chhattisgarh, held its meeting on Wednesday here and reviewed cases of 57 sub-judice prisoners.
The meeting was presided over by chairperson of the Standing Committee, Nirmala Buch, former Chief Secretary of Madhya Pradesh.
In the meeting, Chhattis-garh’s Chief Secretary Vivek Dhand, Director General of Police AN Upadhyay, Additional Chief Secretary, Home, NK Aswal and Secretary, Home, Ashok Juneja were also present as members of the committee.
It is noteworthy that the committee was formed on May 3, 2012, and on the same day, the first meeting of this standing committee was held.
Till date, total seven meetings of Standing Committee have been held, in which ‘release on bail’ has been recommended in 189 cases. This includes 61 cases, in which the prisoners were released on bail, and 48 cases, in which the prisoners were given clean chit. Moreover, in other 13 cases, courts had sentenced the prisoners.
The Standing Committee had its first meeting on 03 May 2012, second on 04 May 2012, third on 10 May 2012, fourth on 21 May 2012, fifth meeting on 04 January 2013, sixth meeting on 06 May 2013 and seventh meeting on 24 August 2013.
During its eighth meeting on Wednesday, the Committee deliberated upon 57 cases. After the meeting, Buch informed that in the 36 cases, the committee has recommended about the bail process for prisoners.
She said that the committee has minutely studied and reviewed every legal aspect in each of the cases, before making recommendations on it to the Government. Committee has considered various factors like importance, related incidents and Sections etc, while reviewing the cases. Buch said that the committee is making sincere efforts to have a meeting every month, so that all the cases that are pending since more than two years can be addressed at the earliest.