Tag: undertrial

  • Spike in covid cases: Panel recommends release of 4000 undertrial prisoners

    [ad_1] Observing that the situation at present is more dangerous than it was a year ago, the High Powered Committee, constituted on orders of the Supreme Court to decongest the jails in wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, has recommended the release of different categories of undertrial prisoners for 90 days. Approximately 4000 undertrial prisoners are…