Dehradun, May 12 -- Garhwal Post Bureau
Nainital, 11 May: Uttarakhand High Court today sought a clear response from the state government regarding the release policy for prisoners who have completed life imprisonment terms but continue to remain lodged in jails despite directions issued earlier by the Supreme Court of India.
Hearing the matter, a division bench comprising of Justice Ravindra Maithani and Justice Sidharth Sah directed the state government to inform the court within one week about the policy framed for the release of such prisoners. The court has fixed 18 May as the next date of hearing in the matter.
During the hearing, the state government informed the court that several prisoners had already been released by the jail ad...