Baisakhi gift: Remission for prisoners in Punjab

Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Wednesday announced grant of remission of sentence from two months to one year on Baisakhi to prisoners who have been convicted by the courts in the state.

Disclosing this here, an official spokesperson said the remission of one year would be granted to the prisoners who had been awarded imprisonment from 10 to 20 years.

Likewise remission of 9 months for those who have been imprisoned for 7 to 10 years, 6 months in case of 5 to 7 years, 3 months to the prisoners who had been sentenced for a jail term of 3 to 5 years and 2 month to the prisoners with less than 3 years.

 

However, the remission would not be granted to a person convicted of heinous crimes.