(1) On becoming eligible for consideration for premature releas? under clause 3 or clause 4 of this palicy as the case . may be the con\(mt may submit a petition to the Government cr inspector General of Pr|59ns or Superintendent of jail concerned, indicating the grounds on. which he desires his case to be considered for premature release.
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(2) The petition shall.b :
nera of .prisons to the Inspector General-of Prisons and by inspector Ge !
uperintendent jail-within 15 days for preparing the case In the prescribed format for verification of details of imprisonment as well as for a report of good behavior. On receipt of such petiton from any source, the Superintendent of Jail concerned shall within 15 days submit premature release case of life convict alongwith his recommendation and record of remissions/parole etc. duly signed and authenticated to the Inspector General of prisons keeping in view the convicts conduct during the:last 5 years, Overall conduct may be categorized as g,ood if the convict has not been punished for any jail offence during the:last five years and has not received-any adverse report during last parole .
(3) A copy of such petition shall simultaneously be forwarded to the district Magistrate for verification of the contentions made in the petition and a report regarding the likelihood of commission of breach of peace or crime by the convict, which 1s connected with the circumstances. of the crime originally committed by him. For this purpose inter-alia, the following will be taken into account:-
(a) The behavior of convict during period parole.
(b) The views of the local Panchayat The actual verification and report regarding likelihood of commission of breach of peace or crime shall be made personally by the concerned Station House Officer within 7 days and the report shall be sent under his signatures to the District S.P (SSP) = Further the District S.P.(SSP) shall within 16 days forward it under his own signatures to the Disirict Magistrate who shall further send it within 15 days to the Government. in case the verification report from the concerned District Magistrate and S,SP is not received with one month it will be presumed that they have no objection to the premature release of the convict. -
8. On receipt of the report from the Superintendznt of jail, the Inspector General of Prisons. shall put up within 15 days all such premature release cases alongwith his comments and recommendations to the Principa.l Secretary to Government of Punjab, Department of Home Affairs N0 Justice. If as per repon receivad from the Inspector General of Prisons Prisons, prisoner's overall conduct is good, Pnn_cipal Secretary Home Affair:;
and justice after consideration within 15 days shall send it to the appropriate L s authority for zzz-:_-a@® Jrass In case overali conduct of she prisoner fs /L reporied "ot T2z tne matter shall be corsidered after receipt of the repo from the 2.3 2t Magisirate.
0 Tnis policy will supersede instructions contained in the “aitowing Government circulars:- t.lemo No. 13311-6JJ-71/39656,DATED 10-11-1971 “iemo No. 403-6JJ-76/3456 DATED 30-1-1876 tiemo No. 2874-8JJ-77/17811.DATED 12-6-1977 *Jemo No. 8530-6JJ-78/21313.DATED 8-3-1978 - iemo No. 12/456/81-5JL/22279.DATED 3-12-1982 Vi Memo No. 12/152/83-5J/32987 DATED 12-12-1885 Vi Memo No. 12/49/84-4J-71/34588-90, DATED 29-12-1986 VI, Memo No. 1/889/881H7/23526, DATED 8-7-1991 Para 516-B of the Punjab jail Manual wil be deemed. to have -z2~ amended accordingly.
This policy does not confer not confer any legal right for cremature release of any convict despite the fulfiliment of various conditions mentioned in the policy .
D.S. Bains Dated. 2.8.20%1 Principal Secretary to Government of Punjab‘ Department of Home Affairs and Justice Erast.Nc 1/183/89-1H7 Dated. Chandigarh the A copy is forwarded to the Director General of Po.ice/ Prisons.
Punjab. Chandigarh with the request that a copy of policy may be sent tc the all Superintendents of iails for necessary action accordingly to this policy.
Under Secretary Home