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Assam government grants remission to 201 life convicts

| | Dec 26, 2017, at 01:19 am

Guwahati, Dec 25 (IBNS) : Coinciding the Good Governance Day, which is celebrated every year on Dec 25, to mark the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the Assam government has decided to grant remission to 201 life convicts lodged in different Jails in Assam.

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal approved the remission subject to the fulfilment of conditions as enshrined in Article 161 of the Constitution of India, Sections 432, 433 and 433(A) of the Cr.P.C., provisions of Assam Jail Manual and as per directions of the Supreme Court of India in WP(C)No.48/2014 dated 23/7/2015.

 

Noteworthy that already 3I life convicts had been released on remission of sentence under the present government.

 

(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)

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