President Draupadi Murmu: recent president Draupadi Murmu had expressed concern about the fact that tribals who commit minor crimes are kept in jail for many months and years. where their plight is. After the President’s statement, the High Court has now directed jail authorities across the country to provide details of such prisoners to NALSA within 15 days, so that a national plan can be prepared for their release.
The President, in his first Constitution Day address to the Supreme Court on November 26, highlighted the plight of poor tribals in his home state of Odisha besides Jharkhand, saying that many tribals were jailed despite being granted bail due to lack of money to pay the bail amount. are in.
Poor prisoners are unable to be released from jail
In a departure from his written speech in English, Murmu spoke in Hindi and urged the judiciary to do something for the poor tribals. He had said that those accused of serious crimes go free, but these poor prisoners, who may have been jailed for slapping someone, have to spend years in jail before being released. Justice SK Kaul was sitting on the dais along with Chief Justice Justice DY Chandrachud when the President recounted his experience of meeting several undertrials during his tenure as MLA in Odisha and later as Governor of Jharkhand.
High court asked for this information
A bench of Justice Kaul and Justice Abhay S Oka on Tuesday, November 29, directed the jail authorities to submit details of such prisoners to the respective state governments, which would send the documents to the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) within 15 days. The bench said that the jail authorities are required to furnish such details as the names of the undertrials, charges against them, date of bail order, conditions of bail which were not fulfilled and the time they have spent in jail after the order of bail. Will be
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