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Telangana authorities has approved peculiar remission for 92 beingness convict prisoners pursuing directions issued by the Supreme Court of India regarding premature merchandise policies and timelines for prisoners.
The approved database includes 92 beingness convicts, comprising 86 antheral prisoners and six pistillate prisoners, recovered eligible for information of peculiar remission nether the guidelines.
According to the Telangana Prisons Department, the determination follows the Supreme Court’s February 18, 2025 bid successful the Sonadhar versus State of Chhattisgarh case, successful which States were directed to framework imperishable policies and timelines for granting peculiar remission to eligible prisoners.
In compliance with the directions, Telangana authorities issued imperishable guidelines done G.O. Ms No.126 of the Home (Services-V) Department connected October 27, 2025, fixing February 1, June 1 and October 1 each twelvemonth arsenic cut-off dates for considering remission proposals.
Officials said the Telangana Prisons Department identified eligible beingness convicts arsenic connected February 1, 2026, and submitted the database to the authorities aft scrutiny nether the prescribed process.
The database was initially prepared by jailhouse superintendents and aboriginal verified by an interior committee comprising Inspector Generals and Deputy Inspector Generals of Prisons. It was subsequently reviewed by a lasting committee consisting of the Special Chief Secretary to Home, Secretary of the Law Department and Director General of Prisons earlier being sent for approval.
After receiving support from the Chief Minister and the State Cabinet, the connection was forwarded to Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla.
Mr Shukla convened a gathering connected Monday to sermon the connection for assistance of peculiar remission to beingness convicts. Director General of Prisons and Correctional Services Soumya Mishra and Inspector General of Prisons N. Murali Babu attended the gathering connected behalf of the Prisons department.
The section noted that the contiguous authorities had earlier issued G.O. Ms No.37 connected July 2, 2024, granting peculiar remission to 213 convict prisoners, including 178 men and 35 women, who were subsequently released.
Officials stated that regular merchandise of eligible prisoners based connected behaviour and behaviour would assistance trim overcrowding successful prisons portion aligning with the principles laid down by the Supreme Court.
