STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI: The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has asked all States and Union Territories (UTs) of the country to release some categories of convicts - on August 15, 2022, January 26, 2023, and August 15, 2023 - under the special remission.
According to sources, the MHA grants special remission to some categories of convicts whose crimes are non-heinous and the term of conviction is up to ten years or less.
Convicts sentenced for heinous crimes and those serving life imprisonment do not get any special remission.
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