Punjab Jail Manual

Ghaseta Ram, a life‑imprisoned prisoner, participated in an unlawful assembly to escape from jail and assaulted a jail warden. He was tried and convicted by the Sessions Court and sentenced to several terms under the IPC. Earlier, the Superintendent of the District Jail, invoking para 633‑A of the Punjab Jail Manual an…

The petitioners, life convicts for murder, were released on bail pending appeal and were granted a remission of 19 months and 12 days while on bail. The State, relying on a Governor's order and a subsequent letter, excluded prisoners on bail or with suspended sentences from remission under paragraph 637 of the Punjab J…

The case concerned the dismissal of Deputy Superintendent Ved Mitter Gill and four other jail officials after four under‑trial terrorists escaped from Model Jail, Burail, Chandigarh through a 94‑foot tunnel. The authorities invoked clause (b) of the second proviso to Article 311(2) of the Constitution to dispense with …

Haya Singh, aged about 18, was convicted of murder under sections 302/34 IPC and sentenced to life imprisonment. Because he was under 21, he was sent to a Borstal Institution under the Punjab Borstal Act, 1926. After turning 21 he was transferred to a district jail and continued to serve his sentence. He filed a writ p…