The Maharashtra government has referred around 589 cases to a committee headed by a retired High Court judge wherein undertrials continue to remain in jails despite securing bail from various courts, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has said.
In a written reply to a starred question submitted in the Legislative Council, Fadnavis said a programme has been launched by the government in collaboration with Tata Trust to offer help to undertrials who have been granted bail.
He said the programme has been introduced in central jails at Taloja in Navi Mumbai, Yerwada in Pune, Aurangabad, Nagpur, and Nashik Road.
The chief minister stated that the committee was set up under Justice (retired) Dr Radhakrishnan on the directions of the Bombay High Court.
The panel was set up to give recommendations on the release of undertrials who have been granted bail by courts.
He said the government has forwarded the information to the committee about the undertrials facing cases in which they could be sentenced up to seven years conviction.
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