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COVID-19: MP amends Prisoner's Leave Rules to decongest jails
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Mar 30 (ANI): The Madhya Pradesh government has amended the MP Prisoner's Leave Rules, 1989, allowing prisoners to be on parole for a maximum of 60 days. This step is being taken to decongest jails in the wake of Covid-19 outbreak.
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COVID-19 : Aligarh Jail releases 28 prisoners on parole
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar 30 (ANI): Twenty-eight prisoners were released on Sunday from Aligarh Jail on interim bail for 8 weeks as a preventive measure against the spread of novel coronavirus.
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38 prisoners released from Lucknow Jail for 8 weeks as preventive measures
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar 30 (ANI): 38 prisoners were released on Sunday from Lucknow Jail for 8 weeks as a preventive measure against the spread of novel coronavirus outbreak.
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COVID-19: Lucknow Jail releases 38 prisoners on 8-week parole
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar 29 (ANI): Thirty-eight prisoners were released on 8-week parole from Lucknow Jail on Sunday as a preventive measure against the spread of coronavirus.
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COVID-19 : Tihar Jail releases 356 prisoners on 45-day interim bail
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 28 (ANI): As many as 356 prisoners were released on 45-day interim bail while 63 have been released on emergency parole of eight weeks, as a preventive measure against the spread of coronavirus, Tihar Jail officials said on Saturday.
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Combating Corona: UP to release 11,000 prisoners to decongest prisons
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar 28 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh is set to release around 11,000 prisoners due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis that India is grappling with.
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Sindh Human Rights body expresses concern over status of prisoners amid CO
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Mar 28 (ANI): The Sindh Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has expressed grave concern over the status of prisoners locked in jails across the country.
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COVID-19: 15 prisoners to be released on parole in Chamoli district
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], Mar 28 (ANI): In view of the coronavirus pandemic, 15 prisoners from Parsadi jail in Chamoli district will be released on parole for 6 months.
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Four prisoners escape from Ludhiana Central Jail
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], Mar 28 (ANI): Four prisoners jumped over the wall and escaped from the Central Jail in Ludhiana on Saturday, officials said.
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Those offering namaz in mosques of Shia Waqf during lockdown will be sent
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar 27 (ANI): Shia Central Waqf Board chairman Syed Waseem Rizvi on Friday said that those found offering namaz in mosques of Shia Waqf during the COVID-19 lockdown will be sent to jail and a case will be filed against the mutawalli (caretaker) and Maulana.
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COVID-19: Punjab to give parole to 6000 prisoners from jails to decongest
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Mar 26 (ANI): To decongest prisons in wake of COVID-19, Punjab is giving parole to 6000 prisoners from jails across the state, these are prisoners who were sentenced to less than seven years in prison, said Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, Punjab Jail Minister on Thurs
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Christian Michel approaches Delhi HC seeking bail, cites risk of contactin
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 26 (ANI): Christian Michel, an alleged middleman in the Agusta Westland VVIP chopper scam case, on Thursday approached Delhi High Court seeking interim bail in the view of the spread of coronavirus in prison.
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