Stone pelting: Mehbooba Mufti order to release 634 persons on Eid
Chief Minister Mehbooba on Monday directed the state home department to review the cases registered against the youth for stone-pelting during the period 2008 and 2014.
Committee was constituted for the purpose should decide on merits how many of such cases can be withdrawn to give these young boys an opportunity to begin their lives afresh and carry along as productive citizens.
The Committee had taken up for reviewing the cases pertaining to the period between 2008 and 2009 in the first phase and has accordingly recommended that 104 cases registered during this period involving 634 persons be withdrawn.
The Committee has, however, made it clear that the persons involved in heinous crimes and offenses will be excluded from the review.
(Reporting by Saleem Iqbal Qadri)
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