With the initiatives taken by the District legal Services Authority (DlSA) in Ranchi, five inmates was released during a ‘Jail Adalat’ was organised at Birsa Munda Central Jail (BMCJ) in Ranchi. To mark Gandhi Jayanti on Monday, a Jail Adalat-cum-legal Awareness Programme was organised by DlSA at Birsa Munda Central Jail in Ranchi during which five cases were disposed resulting into the release of five inmates.
Five persons who were accused of petty offences like theft and other minor crimes and had already completed half of their sentences were released by the Jail Adalat after disposing of their cases giving them a chance to start a fresh in their lives,” said panel lawyer Niya Nand Singh. The list of five inmates released on Monday includes the names of Alok Kumar Tiwari (Dhurwa Thana), Dipu Kumar (Kotwali Thana), laddoo Ram Gonda Thana, Chotu Singh (Kotwali Thana) and Baleshwar Hembrom (Mandar Thana).
Singh said that three minors, lodged in the central jail were also shifted to observation home at Dumardaga in Ranchi after getting verifying their age though medical examinations ensured by the DlSA panel lawyers.
“Relatives of the three children had come to the legal aid clinic organised in the jail following which their ages were verified during which they were found to be minors and hence were shifted to Observation home in Dumardaga,” said the panel lawyer.
A legal awareness programme was also organised at BMCJ during which the inmates were made aware of their rights while they remain in jail, he added.
“We also told them that they have a right to meet their family members while they remain in jail and if they face any problem in this regard, they could contact us. We will ensure that they are allowed to meet their family members,” said the panel lawyer. They were also told that they could also be given free legal assistance in the Court, in case they were not able to afford a lawyer of their own, he added.
The awareness prgoramme was conducted by panel lawyers Tanushree Sarkar and Nityanand Singh in association with the members of Art of living and the Jail Authority.
Prizes were also distributed by Judicial Officers among the best performing inmates during a competition organised on ‘Swachh Bharat Mission’ by the Jail authorities.
The Jail Adalat was presided over by DlSA Secretary in Charge – cum – Judicial Magistrate M K Sharma, Additional Judicial Commissioners Diwakar Pandey and Santosh Kumar No. 2, Chief Judicial Magistrate Swambhoo, Judicial Magistrate Kavitanjali Toppo, Jail Superintendent Ashok Chaudhary along with the panel lawyers Nityanand Singh and Tanushree Sarkar.