The State Sentence Review Board met on Thursday in the Jharkhand Ministry under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Hemant Soren. The meeting was organised in the light of the previous meeting of the State SRB, which was held on December 4, 2020.
In the meeting, Soren approved the recommendation for the release of 26 prisoners after considering and reviewing 50 prisoners for untimely release in the light of the recommendation of the State SRB. Action will be taken to release these 26 prisoners from prisons within the next few days.
The decision was taken under the chairmanship of the CM after a comprehensive analysis of the reports received from the court, Jail Superintendent, SP and Probation Officer regarding all the released prisoners and the impact on the society after they are imprisoned.
According to the rules, the proposal of the detainees, whose proposal has been rejected in Thursday’s meeting will be brought to the State SRB for re-consideration after a year.
The CM said it is important to bring responsibility towards social interest in the life of a criminal. There is a need to bring positive changes in their lives by connecting the detainees who come out after punishment to the mainstream of the society. He has appealed to the released prisoners to work for the benefit of the society.
Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Rajiv Arun Ekka, Director General of Police Neeraj Sinha, Inspector General of Prisons Birendra Bhushan, Judicial Commissioner, Ranchi Navneet Kumar, Principal Secretary cum Legal Counsel Sanjay Prasad, Prison Welfare Officer Kamaljit Singh and other officials were present in the meeting.