LUCKNOW: On the 75th Independence Day, the Uttar Pradesh government is set to release 75 women convicts lodged in different jails of the state.
On Saturday, 54 out of 75 women convicts were released and invited to Raj Bhawan where Uttar Pradesh governor Anandiben Patel gave them gifts.
The governor told the women convicts to take a pledge not to commit any crime in future. She also asked them to forget their past and avoid being revengeful which is possible only when they decide to change their thinking.
“Try to move forward by doing your work and get rid of wrong thoughts. Adopt skills that you have mastered during your sentence in prison to move forward in life and be self-reliant,” the governor told the convicts.
The convicts have been released following the Uttar Pradesh government’s policy of August 2018, ratified under Article 161 of the Constitution, empowering the governor to grant the pardon.
A jail official said that the convicts, who were sentenced for life and have served 14-15 years in jail with good conduct, become eligible under this policy of the government.
