DIMAPUR, JANUARY 24 (MExN): In commemoration of the 70th Republic Day celebration on January 26, the Nagaland Government has decided to remit the sentences against certain categories of prisoners who have been convicted by the courts (other than Court Martial) having criminal jurisdiction in the state of Nagaland and sentenced to rigorous imprisonment.
According to a DIPR report, the Government of Nagaland has granted remission of sentences to the different categories of prisoners, lodged in the jails of Nagaland and outside other than those in respect of whom the sentence is inflicted for an offence against the Order referred to in Sub-section 6 of Section 432 of the said Code passed under any law relating to which the Executive Powers of the Union extends.
Details of categories and scale of remission on Page 5
