59 prisoners released on bail from LCJ

SURAT: After the Apex court’s guideline to decongest prisons in view of the Covid-19 situations, 59 inmates of Lajpore Central Jail (LCJ) were released on bail on Tuesday. These include undertrials and convicts.
According to LCJ officials, those released on bail were convicts with sentences below seven years and undertrials whose punishment even if convicted was not more than seven years. Those released were also given ration kits by the local Karuna Trust.