I Day gesture: Karnataka to set free 309 convicts

In an Independence Day gesture, the Karnataka Government has decided to set free a total of 309 convicts, who are serving jail terms in different prisons across the State.

Karnataka’s Home Minister M P Prakash told reporters that the Government had decided to reduce the sentence of the chosen convicts on the basis of their good behaviour in the jail and their commitment to reform after they walk free on August 15.

The convicts will be allowed to walk free as the Government has decided to reduce the sentence from ten years to eight years in respect of the chosen male convicts and five years to four years for the chosen female convicts.

A number of convicts, who had crossed 65 years of age, and were suffering from communicable diseases will also be set free on August 15, Prakash said.