NEW DELHI, Nov 12: A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan in Supreme Court while dealing with the case of a convict undergoing life sentence for the offense under Section 302 of the erstwhile Ranbir Penal Code and Section 30 of the Arms Act, 1959 asked the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir to frame policy for premature release of convicts, considering that framing of the policy lies within the exclusive domain of the UT and it has no policy for remission on the basis of period of incarceration.
The Chief Secretary of the J&K was directed to take up the matter with the Competent Authority for taking a policy decision as may be deemed fit by the Competent Authority & a compliance report was also instructed to be filed.
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