Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court, Justice Virender Singh assured the inmates of JP Central Jail in Hazaribagh that the guidelines of the Supreme Court pertaining to the release of prisoners would be soon implemented in the state.
The inmates of the central jail handed over their charter of demands to the Chief Justice on Sunday during his visit to this historical jail.
“We have just received the new guidelines from the Supreme Court of India regarding release of jail inmates who have spent more than 14 years in jails and soon we are going to implement it in Jharkhand,” he said.
Chief Justice Virender Singh along with other High Court judges, Justice RR Prasad, justice Prashant Kumar, Justice Pramath Patnayak, District Judge of Hazaribagh Vishnukant Sahay and others visited JP Central Jail on Sunday.
During his two hour stay in the jail premises he took a close look of historical rooms and cells of this jail where legendary freedom fighters had spent their time.
During this visit the Chief Justice also inspected the industrial training center, handloom center and other activities going on inside the jail for the benefit of inmates.
He also inspected the wards and the kitchen of JP Central Jail and praised the arrangements and cleanliness. After coming out of the campus he said that the jail administration is maintaining this more than year old jail properly.
The Chief Justice and others judges also talked with female inmates and tried to know their grievances and expectations. Old inmates of JP Central Jail who had already completed 14 year time period also talked with the Chief Justice and gave him their charter of demands in which the matter of their release is on top.
later, the Chief Justice talked with the members of Bar Association of Hazaribagh and discussed about their problems. The members of Bar Association raised the matter of vehicle parking problem in local court campus, need of special court and some other problems. CJ directed DC Mukesh Kumar to immediately arrange for vehicle parking site in court campus and for other matters invited the members to Ranchi to discuss in detail.
The CJ sought help of Bar Council for disposal of pending cases. President Vikram Sen, Secretary Rajkumar Raju, Vice President Mithilesh Kumar Manne and others assured CJ to give every possible help for quick disposal of old cases.
In JP Central Jail premises the CJ planted an Amla plant as a mark of memory of his arrival in this historical jail. Jail Superintendent Rupam Sahay was there to assist the CJ during the visit.