Allahabad HC Issues Notice To State On PIL For Release Of Aged Prisoners/Inmates With Comorbidities. Expeditious Disposal Of Bail, Parole Pleas [Read Petition]

The petitioner also prays for a direction to the High Court to take effective measures to ensure expeditious disposal of the anticipatory bail applications, bail applications, parole applications, etc. pending before the Courts across the State of Uttar Pradesh so as to decongest the overly populated prisons.

Finally, a direction is sought to the state government to provide proper status and communication of the prisoner to their concerned relatives in any circumstances.

The matter was taken up on Thursday for the first time by the court in which the bench of Justice Pritinker Diwakar and Justice Subhash Chandra Sharma taking cognizance of the matter issued notice to the state government of Uttar Pradesh and asked to submit its written reply in response to the petition.

"Several applications for bail and appeal are pending before this Hon'ble court for the prisoners who are inhabitants of those high rate occupancy prisons. Due to the limited work flow of this Hon'ble Court the applications for those prisoners cannot be disposed of efficiently in these highly extraordinary conditions", it is urged, stressing that iit is cardinal for the court to efficaciously dispose of bail and appeal matters in order to decongest over occupied prisons in the state.